Google Insight Scholarship Programme
The Google Insight Scholarship programme is the largest scholarship programme of its kind in Ireland. With a funding package of €1.5 million, more than 60 undergraduate students will receive scholarship support between 2024–2029. The scholarship will support 3rd level students from underrepresented and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and communities, with a particular focus placed on students studying courses related to artificial intelligence (AI) and digital safety. The fields of AI and digital safety are rapidly evolving, and there is a growing need for scholarships to support students from underserved and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and communities. The programme aims to assist underrepresented students in completing their undergraduate degree, through scholarship funding and wrap-around support.
Insight’s education and public engagement vision is ‘empowering critically aware, creative communities towards a better society for all’ and our mission is to ‘co-develop solutions to the most pressing problems on our planet, integrating expertise across disciplines, sectors, and critically, including citizens as partners’. Together with Google, we strongly believe that Insight’s vision and mission can only be achieved if we lead the charge to tackle societal inequalities in STEM education. Insight and Google are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in AI and Digital Safety. We recognise that these fields have implications for various domains of education and work, and we want to ensure that students from under-represented communities in STEM have equal opportunities to access our scholarship funding. This scholarship will ultimately create a more diverse and representative pool of researchers and practitioners who can contribute to the future of AI and Digital Safety innovation.
Eligibility
To qualify for the scholarship programme applicants must be from an under-represented socioeconomically disadvantaged background. Applicants will need to be registered with their university access office. Applicants will need to fall under one or more of the following categories, including but not limited to:
- HEAR Students
- DARE Students
- Members of the Traveller community and members of the Roma community
- Lone Parents and Care leavers
- Women in STEM
We recognise intersectional layers of disadvantage and that people can belong to more than one underrepresented group. Preference will be made to applicants who have multiple indicators of educational disadvantage. To read more about these indicators refer to the National Access Plan.
Successful applicants will be awarded €5,000 per year, up to a maximum duration of 5 years. Students must be registered with their local University Access Office, and also registered to one of the eligible courses listed below in order to apply. A full list of eligible courses can be found below:
| University | Undergraduate Course |
| Dublin City University | Data Science (4-Year) – DC123 |
| Computer Science – DC121 |
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| Maynooth University | BSC – Mathematics and Computer Science (with Education) – MH212 |
| BSC Computer SCI & Software Engineering (ARTS) (CSA) – MH601 |
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| BSC Computational Thinking – MH603 |
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| University of Galway | Bachelor of Science (Honours) Computer Science and Information Technology – GY350 |
| Bachelor of Arts Education (Computer Science and Mathematical Studies) – GY133 |
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| Bachelor of Arts (Arts with Data Science) – GY125 |
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| University College Cork | Computer Science – CK401 |
| Data Science & Analytics – CK411 |
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| University College Dublin | Computer Science with Data Science – DN201 |
| Computer Science – DN201 |
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| Applied & Computational Mathematics – DN200 |
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| Statistics – DN200 |
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| University of Limerick | Computer Science Common Entry – LM121 |
| BSc in Cyber Security and IT Forensics – LM121 |
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| Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems – LM121 |
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| Bachelor/Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – LM174 |
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| Bachelor of Science in Immersive Software Engineering – LM173 |
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| Trinity College Dublin | Computer Science – TR033 |
| Electronic and Computer Engineering (joint programme) – TR032 |
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| Computer Engineering – TR032 |
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| Computer Science Linguistics and a Language – TR039 |
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| Atlantic Technological University | Applied Computing – AU360 |
| Bachelor of Engineering in Automation and Robotics – GA_EAURG_B07 |
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| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Networks and Cyber Security – AU956 |
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| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence – AU363 |
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| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing – AU955 |
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| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing and Digital Media – AU677 |
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| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence – AU363 |
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| BSc in Computing in Software Development – AU676 |
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| Bachelor of Science in Computing in Software Development – AU676 |
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| Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics – AU262
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing in Software Development –AU676 |
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| Munster Technological University | Data Science & Analytics – CR_SDAAN_8 |
| Computer Systems – MT802 |
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| Bachelor of Science Information Technology – MT705 |
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| Computing (Common Entry) – MT803 |
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| BSc in IT Management (Level 8) – MT805 |
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| Bachelor of Science (Honours) Software Development – MT800 |
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| BSc in Software Development – MT700 |
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| South East Technological University | Computer Science (Common Entry) – SE600 |
| Creative Computing – SE605 |
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| Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Robotics and Automated Systems – SE710 |
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| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development – SE603 | |
| Software Systems Development – SE610 | |
| Technological University Dublin | Computer Science (Infrastructure) – TU857 |
| Computer Science – TU856 | |
| Computer Science (International) – TU858 | |
| Computing (General Entry) – TU756 | |
| Computing (Information Technology) (Level 7) – TU860 | |
| Computing (Information Technology) (Level 8 ) – TU757 | |
| Computing with Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence – TU862 | |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence – TU850 |
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| Computing (General Entry) – TU859 |
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| Digital Forensics and Cyber Security – TU758 |
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| Cloud Computing – TU865 | |
| Computing (Networking Technologies) [Learn and Work] – TU655 |
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| Computing – TU652 |
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| Digital Forensics and Cyber Security – TU758 |
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| Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest | Computer Engineering for Robotics – US829 |
| Computing – Games Design and Development – BSc (Hons) – US828 |
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| Mobile & Web Computing – BSc (Hons) – US826 |
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| Software Design in Artificial Intelligence for Cloud Computing – BSc (Hons) – US822 |
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| Software Design with Virtual Reality and Gaming – BSc (Hons) – US821 |
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| Software Development – BSc (Hons) – US820 |
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| Mobile & Web Computing – BSc – US710 |
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| Software Design in Artificial Intelligence for Cloud Computing – BSc – US712 |
Application Process and Timeline
- Eligible students will be notified by email once they have registered with their university access office.
- Each eligible student can apply through an online application, which will be distributed by the access offices at the beginning of the academic year.
- A committee will rank each application based on the applicant’s indicators of disadvantage. Applications with intersectional layers of disadvantage will be prioritised e.g., a HEAR student registered to the disability services will receive a higher ranking than a HEAR student who does not fall within another under-represented category.
- Successful applicants will be notified and awarded €5,000 per year for the duration of their studies.
- This scholarship will be open for applications for students beginning their university education in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Scholars entering the programme must finish their studies by 2029, therefore the list of applicable courses will be subject to change each year.
Additional Support Offered
In addition to the €5,000 offered to students per year, each successful applicant will take part in a mentorship programme that will be run through Insight. Each student will be provided with mentorship support from senior Insight academics and industry leaders.
Students will partake in an Insight and Google hosted event at least once per year. During these events, students will visit Google’s head office in Dublin and hear from academics and industry leaders with experience in AI, Digital Safety and STEM. Students will also have a chance to network with other Google Insight Scholarship recipients during these events.
Students will be provided with a list of further useful support services at each local university, which will be accessible through their local access offices.
Insight Overview:
The Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, funded by Science Foundation Ireland, is one of the largest data analytics centres in Europe. It brings together over 450 researchers across areas such as the Fundamentals of Data Science, Sensing and Actuation, Scaling Algorithms, Model Building, Multi Modal Analysis, Data Engineering and Governance, Decision Making and Trustworthy AI. Insight’s researchers are based across our four host institutions: Dublin City University, University of Galway, University College Cork and University College Dublin as well as our partner sites Maynooth University, Tyndall National Institute, Trinity College Dublin and University of Limerick. Further partnerships have been put in place with the other Irish universities mentioned above for the purpose of this scholarship programme. During its decade of existence, the centre has attracted over €150 million in funding and has established over 220 industry collaborations.
More about Insight’s research ecosystem.
A full list of Insight’s world-class investigators with details on their areas of expertise.
For queries and more information on the scholarship programme, please email: scholarships@insight-centre.org