Ireland Healthcare Graduate Medicine Scholarship

• You hold an offer for the UU MBBS course

  You meet this criterion if you hold a Conditional Firm (CF) offer for the MBBS course starting in August 2024.

  You do not need to submit evidence, the School of Medicine will confirm you meet this criterion.

• You are eligible for Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland fees status

  You meet this criterion if:

  • you are eligible for NI fee status
  • you are eligible for ROI fee status

  You do not need to submit evidence, the School of Medicine will confirm you meet this criterion

• A resident of Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland

  You meet this criterion if, at the start of the MBBS programme in August 2024, you:

  • hold Northern Ireland (NI) residency status or have lived in NI for 3 years
  • hold Republic of Ireland (ROI) residency status or have lived in ROI for 3 years

  Proof of address

  You can provide evidence of your home address by providing a letter that includes your name and address such as:

  • utility bill
  • bank statement
  • rent/mortgage statement
  • driving licence
  • payslip
  • NHS card
  • benefits letter.

  If you have settled status, please also provide evidence of this and further details.

• You experience financial barriers or have a low household income at the point of entry to the course

  You meet this criterion if, at the point of entry to the MBBS course in August 2024, your household income is:

  • below £30,000 for NI applicants based on the median annual earnings (Oct 2022)
  • below €34,000 for ROI applicants based on SUSI standard rate for postgraduate study

  Evidence of income

  Please provide details of your current income and how you anticipate it will change when you commence the course.
  Where possible you should provide household income should be evidenced by providing the following.

  NI applicants

  NI applications must provide evidence of:

  • a P60 for the tax year 2022-23
  • a photocopy of a recent (within last 3 months) payslip
  • a recent income support document e.g. evidence that
  • receipt of Income Support or Working Tax Credits, or another benefits document.
  • a photocopy or screenshot of your wage slip which will confirm the level of pay and number of hours worked.

  ROI applicants

  ROI applicants should provide equivalent documentation.

Additional consideration will be given to those who meet any of the following criteria:

• You are the main carer for a family member or dependent

  You meet this criterion if:

  • you are a carer who provides unpaid care to a family member who could not cope without their support due to, for example, illness, disability, a mental health issue, or substance misuse
  • you are someone who is the sole carer/provider for dependent children

  Please provide any evidence you have to support your application. However, we understand if is not possible.

• You have been placed in care

  You meet this criterion if you have experience of being placed in care (fostering/adopted/care home or other supported residential care).

  This includes individuals who have lived in public care or as a looked-after child, including placements with foster carers under local authority care or kinship care, in a residential children's home, or who have been adopted after being in care.

  Please provide the name and contact details of the relevant social worker.

• You are in receipt of disability or personal independence payments

  You meet this criterion if you are in receipt of disability living allowance/personal independence payments/other benefits.

  Please supply a photocopy of a recent (within last 3 months) disability living allowance or personal independence payments (or equivalent in ROI).

• You live in an area of high deprivation/low participation

  You meet this criterion if you currently live in a designated area of high deprivation/low participation. High deprivation is indicated with a score of 356 or less. Please see the evidence column for tools on how to check this.

  • For NI applicants please provide a link to the page showing your
    postcode and note the deprivation rank. Applicants can check eligibility using the NISRA postcode
    checker
  • For ROI applicants please provide details or evidence. One way to do this is showing that you live near a
    DEIS post-primary.
• You went to a post-primary school with high deprivation

  You meet this criterion if you attended a post-primary school with high deprivation indicators.

  You must provide the name and address of your secondary school.

  • NI applicants can check if they attended a secondary school with a Free School Meal Entitlement of 50% or more
  • ROI applicants can check if they attended a DEIS post-primary
• You live in the 'North West City Region' of Donegal, Derry and Strabane Council areas

  You meet this criterion if you currently live in the ‘North West City Region’ of Donegal, Derry and Strabane Council areas.

  You must provide evidence of your home address which also shows your name and address. For example:

  • a utility bill
  • bank statement
  • rent/mortgage statement
  • driving licence
  • payslip
  • medical card
  • benefits letter
  • evidence and details of your settled status