School-based Trinity Research Doctorate Award 2025-26

Trinity Research Doctorate Awards 2025-26 School-based

For 2025-26, each School has been allocated a Trinity Research Doctorate Award (TRDA) with an associated stipend of €25,000 p.a. and fees write-down for the four years (full-time) of a Structured PhD programme / research doctorate.

Conditions of the Award

The conditions of the award are:

Open only to new entrants to the full-time research doctorate register (EU and nonEU).
The holders must engage in full-time research and must register for a research doctorate degree at Trinity College, the University of Dublin.
Continuation on the research register is dependent on evidence of satisfactory annual progress and successful completion of the confirmation process at 18 months after first registration.
Both the doctorate researcher and supervisor will agree to participate in the pilot rollout of Trinity’s Supervisor: Research Student Agreement.
Postgraduate Research Doctorate Awards cannot continue beyond a fourth year on the full-time research doctorate register and cannot be split across doctorate researchers.
Decision on allocation of the award rests with the School.

Interested Candidates

For further details about the application process for this specific TRDA, interested PhD applicants should contact directly the School to which they seek admission. Normally, Schools will make a decision on the allocation of the TRDA to the successful applicant no later than the end of June prior to admission.