SUSI is now open to receive applications for the 2025/26 academic year.

Changes to the Student Grant Scheme announced in Budget 2025

As part of Budget 2025, the following changes to the Student Grant Scheme for the 2025/26 academic year were announced:

• The Special Rate of maintenance grant threshold will increase from €26,200 to €27,400.
• The income thresholds for maintenance grants for PLC, full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students will increase by 15%.
• The income thresholds for the full-time Student Contribution will increase by 15%.
• The Postgraduate Fee Contribution income threshold will increase from €55,240 to €64,315.
• Part-time Undergraduate Fee income threshold will increase from €55,924 to €64,315.
• The first €5,000 of any scholarship or bursary will be disregarded from SUSI’s income calculation.
• Students who receive a scholarship from public funds that is listed as an eligibility exclusion under the Student Grant Scheme and does not fully cover their fees may be eligible for a grant to cover the remaining fees.
• The nationality criteria will be expanded to include applicants whose permission to reside in the State was granted in accordance with:
  • Department of Justice’s Regularisation Scheme for Undocumented Migrants
  • Persons whose permission to remain as the parents of an Irish-born citizen child.

Key dates for SUSI applicants in 2025

• Priority closing date for renewal applications             5 June 2025
• Priority closing date for new applications                    10 July 2025