The national student grant system, SUSI, is open for online applications for the coming year. While student’s plans may be up in the air, it is important to get your application in as soon as possible.Students do not need to have their Leaving Cert results, or to have accepted a course in order to apply. They can simply supply the details of the course they hope to study and update their course choice online at a later date.

It is expected that there will be a high number of applications over the coming months. Before making an application, students are encouraged to use SUSI’s online eligibility reckoner to give them an indication of their eligibility for student grant funding.

New applicants must create an online SUSI account before completing and submitting the application. The priority processing date for new applications is 9 July 2020. New applicants who submit their applications on or before this date will receive priority assessment. Last year, SUSI received 80% of new applications before the priority processing date.

Renewals

Students who are progressing to the next year of their course are reminded that they must renew their grant annually. Renewal students received an email from SUSI in recent weeks informing them of the renewal process. The priority processing date for renewal applications is 11 June 2020 and renewal applicants who submit their applications on or before this date will receive priority assessment.

“SUSI is committed to processing applications efficiently and to support this, we ask students to submit their application online as early as possible,” Eleanor Murphy, Communications and Customer Services Manager at SUSI said.

SUSI received almost 96,000 applications in academic year 2019-20 with over 76,000 students awarded funding.

Apply online at www.susi.ie