Higher Education Grants

Existing Students                       New Students

Meath County Council & Administration of the Department of Education and Science Higher Education Grant Scheme

Meath County Council administers the Department of Education and Science Higher Education Grant Scheme at local level.

Meath County Council will no longer be responsible for new applications for Higher Education Grants for the academic year 2012/2013.

First time applicants or individuals who have previously held a grant but are now progressing to a new course must apply to the new grant awarding body – SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a unit of City of Dublin VEC, through www.studentfinance.ie .

The only people who will continue to receive a grant from Meath County Council, are those students who

• were in receipt of a grant from us and,
• are continuing on the same course in the 2012/2013 year.

Students have now been contacted regarding renewal of their student grant applications for the 2012/2013 academic year.

For more information on SUSI please click on the link below.

http://www.studentfinance.ie/mp9540/new-grant-applications-for-2012-13/index.html 

What You Need to Know

• New arrangements for grant applications for 2012/2013 academic year 
• Income Limits
• Rates of Grant
• Distance Checker
• Grant Office Contact Details

You need to complete a grant application form and return it to us. Applications must be received by 28th September 2012. 

New Students

• A New online ONLY student grant application system is being introduced for the 2012/2013 academic year and is now available on www.studentfinance.ie .
• Students who are applying for a Grant for the first time must apply online to a single awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a unit of City of Dublin VEC through www.studentfinance.ie
• Contact SUSI Support Desk on telephone number 0761 08 7874 or email support@susi.cdvec.ie available 9.00am-10.00pm (Mon-Fri) 9.00am-6.00pm (Sat).

Existing Students:

• Students already in receipt of a grant who are progressing to the next year of the same course will continue to be assessed and paid by their existing awarding authority.
• Renewal notifications will issue in due course
• Queries can be emailed to educationgrants@meathcoco.ie
• Further information is available on www.studentfinance.ie

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Income Limits

Income Limits  for Standard Grant - 2012 

Reckonable Income Limits for maintenance and fee grants for the 2012/13

academic year

* To be eligible for the special rate of maintenance an applicant’s reckonable income on 31 December 2011 must include an eligible payment listed in Sched­ule 2

** Increments which may be applied to the relevant income limits:

In the 2012/13 academic year, where the applicant plus one or more relevant persons are attending an approved course for the purposes of this Scheme or a full-time course of at least one year’s duration in further or higher education and training in the State or any otherMemberStateleading to a major award at Levels 5 to 10, of the framework of qualifications or to an equivalent qualification made by a recognised awarding body in the State or in another Member State, the reckonable income limits for each of the rates of grant in Table A may be increased by an additional increment as identified in Table B.

Holiday Earnings:

An allowance of €3,809, in respect of income earned in the reference period but outside of the approved institution's term time, is deductible from the applicant's earnings.

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Rates of Maintenance Grant

The rates of the maintenance grant for the financial year 2012 are:

The adjacent rate of maintenance grant is payable where the student lives 45 kms (28 miles) or less from the college he/she plans to attend. The non-adjacent rate applies to everyone else. To check the distance from your place of residence to the college you plan to attend, please visit http://www.meathcocosystems.ie/heg 

 
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