Postgraduate Student Funding 2023/24

The Postgraduate Student Funding guidelines for 2023/24 can now be downloaded from Postgraduate Student Funding Guidelines.

The following information may be of assistance to administrators and students who are currently in the process of completing UCC Postgraduate Studentship and research grant forms for the 2023/24 academic year.

• PAYMENT AUTHORISATION FORM (P3 FORM):  To be completed by the department and forwarded by email to the Payroll Team by the deadline of the 15^th of the month of first payment.  In addition, for research grant payments, a copy of the P3 form should be forwarded to the Research Grants & Contracts Office.

• SCHOLARSHIP EXEMPTION DECLARATION FORM (P5 FORM):  To be completed by the student, a copy taken for departmental files and the original should be forwarded by the department by email to the Payroll Team, UCC.  It is important to advise the Payroll Team by email if the P5 form has been completed after submission of the P3 form.

• PAYPATH FORM (P6 FORM):  To be completed.

Every registered postgraduate student who is either on a UCC Studentship or is externally funded should be returned to the Studentship Payroll Team (email addresses below) on a P3 form for the coming academic year 2023/24, regardless of whether a P3 form was submitted during the last academic year.

In all cases, the P3 form is to be emailed directly to Jess O’Regan j.oregan@ucc.ie , Christina Lilley c.lilley@ucc.ie and Eirin O’Connell e.oconnell@ucc.ie for processing. 

A copy of the P3 form should, in addition, be forwarded to the Research Grants & Contracts Office to Murphy Coughlan, Rachel rachel.murphycoughlan@ucc.ie for all research grant payments.

All of the above forms can be downloaded from the webpage here.   

Studentship Payroll Team:

Jess O’Regan j.oregan@ucc.ie

Christina Lilley christina.lilley@ucc.ie

Eirin O’Connell e.oconnell@ucc.ie