Each year, the Society offers educational grants to people with diagnosed inherited bleeding disorders, and/or their immediate family members who go on to do a post second level educational course. The purpose of these grants is to offer financial support to members to assist with the extra expensese involved with their studies. We have four categories of educational grants available for application.
What Types Of Educational Grants Are Available?
There are four categories of grants available: Maureen & Jack Downey Educational Grant, Michael Davenport Educational Grant, the Margaret King Educational Grant and the Father Paddy McGrath Educational Grant.
What Is The Criteria For Applying?
The criteria for the Maureen & Jack Downey Educational Grant:
This grant is made available to a person with a diagnosed inherited bleeding disorder. The person applying must be a member of the Irish Haemophilia Society and must be accepted onto a post second level educational degree course at level 7 to 9.
– Grant Amounts: First Prize €4,000 / Second Prize €2,000 / Third Prize €1,000
The criteria for the Michael Davenport Educational Grant:
This grant is made available to a person with a diagnosed inhertied bleeding disorder. The person applyng must be a member of the Irish Haemophilia Society and ideally should be a mature student (aged 21 years plus), who has been accepted onto a post second level educational degree course, or a postgraduate course at level 7 to 10.
– Grant Amount: €2,000
The criteria for the Margaret King Educational Grant:
This grant is made available to an immediate family member of a person with a diagnosed inherited bleeding disorder, be it spouse, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother or father. The person applying must be a member of the Irish Haemophilia Society and must have been accepted onto a post second level educational degree course at level 7 to 9.
– Grant Amounts: First Prize €2,000 / Second Prize €1,000 / Third Prize €500
The criteria for the Father Paddy McGrath Educational Grant:
This grant is made available to a person with a diagnosed inherited bleeding disorder. This grant is also made available to immediate family members be it a spouse, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother or father. The person applying must be a member of the Irish Haemophilia Society.
Grant A for person with an inherited bleeding disorder: First Prize €1000 / Second Prize €500 / Third Prize €250
Grant B for the family member: First Prize €500 / Second Prize €250
How Much Are The Educational Grants For?
Maureen & Jack Downey Educational Grant
First prize €4,000
Second prize €2,000
Third prize €1000
Michael Davenport Educational Grant
Grant Amount €2,000
Margaret King Educational Grant
First prize €2,000
Second prize €1,000
Third prize €500
Father Paddy McGrath Educational Grant (2 Grants)
Grant A for a person with the bleeding disorder
First prize €1,000
Second prize €500
Third prize €250
Grant B for a family member of a person with the bleeding disorder
First prize €500
Second prize €250
How are the applications scored and who scores them?
Once the closing date arrives and all the applications have been received, a subgroup of three people from the executive board (which cannot include anyone with a family member applying for any of the grants) meet to consider and score the applications, and make recommendations to the rest of the executive board regarding recipients. The successful applicants are then notified at the end of October by letter.
Applications are scored on the following:
- The quality of the application.
- The information given on the application form.
- Involvement in the Irish Haemophilia Society.
- Other factors.
Can I Apply Every Year?
Yes, you can apply every year, even if you have already been successful. Remember that even if you are eligible to apply for multiple grants, you can only apply to one each year.
Take some time to complete your application, as the more complete and detailed your application is, the higher your chance is of it being successful! Remember that all grant applications must be written by the person applying.