The Dr Mary L Thornton Scholarship is an annual scholarship in Education, funded by a bequest from the late Dr Thornton. This Scholarship, which is open to holders of an NUI degree, is intended to encourage postgraduate research within NUI in the field of Education. The NUI would wish, through the scholarship, to encourage research related to Irish higher education and accordingly, preference will be given to applications in this area. However, applications will be accepted in relation to projects in any area of educational research.
Eligibility: To be eligible to enter for the scholarship, a candidate must be a graduate of the National University of Ireland and must
have been accepted, or have applied for admission as a research student at Masters or PhD level in the field of Education
in a Constituent University or Recognised College of the National University of Ireland.
Students who are registered for a taught Masters degree are not eligible.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 April 2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application
