Financial Assistance

Financial Assistance In UCD

UCD itself has a range of financial supports to help students most in need. If you think you might qualify, get in touch with your faculty student adviser, or else the Students' Union welfare officer (welfare@ucdsu.ie) , who can provide you with more information.

1) Student Welfare Fund

This fund offers financial assistance to students who encounter unexpected difficulties during their time in UCD. Such unforeseen difficulties would be lost of part time job, bereavement or your parents have suffered a drop in their income. When applying to the Welfare Fund its very important to email either your student adviser, or Mícheál (welfare@ucdsu.ie) to arrange to meet him first. The Welfare Fund Committee meet every two weeks throughout the academic year to consider applications. Students can therefore apply at any time. Applications are available at this link or in the Welfare Office in the Students' Union, as well as every student adviser's office.

Guidelines to the Welfare Fund are available here

2) Student Assistance Fund

This fund is means-tested and is intended to help those finding it difficult to make ends meet as a result of ongoing low income. The application requires more information, as you need to supply a Revenue P20 or P60 form. It is important to gather all relevant information for this fund as early as possible. Applications are now open, and the guidelines are available to download: Students Assitance Fund Guidelines, Read Before Application. The Fund is open to application from the 17th December 2012 in your SIS Web account, the fund is scheduled to close at 5pm on 31st January 2013. No applications received after this time will be considered. ESF regulations require appropriate receipts for any monies allocated. Each application will only be considered for approval if the application includes appropriate receipts to the value of €500.

3) SVP Emergency Fund

The UCD Saint Vincent de Paul Society offer financial assistance up to €150, for those who experience sever unexpected severe difficulties. Applications can be made during an advisory clinic, which is held weekly during term-time. The clinics happen every Wednesday in term time in Health Sciences B302.

The clinic runs 2pm-4pm.

4) UCD Student Health Service Assistance Fund

The SU is administering a Student Health Service Assistance Fund that will help UCD students who may be unable to pay for their charges in the UCD Student Health Service. The application forms are available in Mícheál's office in the Students' Union corridor and you can apply to the fund at any time during the year.

5) Childcare Assistance Fund

The university has put in place a Childcare Subsidy Scheme to assist student parents most in need of financial assistance, both those with children in the UCD Crèche and those in off-campus childcare. All expenditure through this fund is subject to strict eligibility guidelines and there is no guarantee that any student will receive a subsidy. Successful applicants will have to submit monthly crèche/child-minder invoices.

To get your hands on the forms for this fund you can click on this link and for the guidelines to know how to correctly fill in the from click here.