All Ireland Scholarship Scheme 2025 Applications Now Open

The All Ireland Scholarship Scheme which is funded by JP McManus provides financial support to high achieving students from low-income households.

The scholarship offers students financial support of £5,500 per annum for the duration of their course. Six scholarships will be awarded to the top Level 3 Extended Diploma students from Further Education Colleges. One scholarship will be awarded in each of the six Further Education Colleges.

SERC student, Katelyn Charters (18), was the recipient of one of the six scholarships awarded to the top Level 3 Extended Diploma students in each of the NI Further Education Colleges.  She completed her GCSEs at Hunter House College  before progressing to SERC.   She said, “I was absolutely delighted to have been awarded the All-Ireland Scholarship.   The award will help remove some of the burden of costs for my higher education and help me realise my ambitions.

“I worked extremely hard to get the Triple Distinction Stars (D* D* D*) grades in my BTEC National Extended Diploma in Sport at SERC and I am now completing a BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science at Ulster University.”  

Applicants must have been in receipt of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) at the time of examination, and due to commence an undergraduate course in university in the academic year of 2025/2026. The deadline for receipt of applications is 4pm on Thursday 28 August 2025.  

For further information including guidance notes please visit All Ireland Scholarship Scheme 2025.