Financial Assistance

For tips and more information on budgeting services in UCC click here, and to make an appointment with the Student Budgetary Advisor click here.

If you want further budgetary advice or require it urgently, you can log on to www.mabs.ie. If you find yourself in your own personal financial crisis, please don’t hesitate to contact the welfare officer, but for advice on budgeting, you should contact the budgetary advisor on 021 490 2151.

This financial assistance is exclusively available to children under 12 years of age who are enrolled in either full-time or part-time creche facilities or under the care of a registered childminding service. Postgraduate students and students on placements may apply for support during the summer months (June-August 2024).

From September, funding is calculated over the 12-week period of the semesters. The maximum amount available to an applicant with one or more children is €1,200. Where the weekly fee over a 12-week period does not exceed €1,200, applicants will receive 100% of the fee.

The Childcare Subsidy Fund opens on September 2nd & closes on September 20th.
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All information contained on this form will be treated in confidence. If you have any queries, please contact: 086 184 2697 or email: welfare@uccsu.ie

Financial support through the UCC Food Bank is available only to currently registered UCC students during the term of their application.
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You can find more information on what the fund covers and how to apply here.

All information contained on this form will be treated in confidence. If you have any queries, please contact: 086 184 2697 or email: welfare@uccsu.ie

Financial support through the Student Emergency Fund is available only to currently registered UCC students during the term of their application.

This is a once per academic year payment. If you wish to apply again please contact welfare@uccsu.ie.

You can find more information on what the fund covers and how to apply here.

All information contained on this form will be treated in confidence. If you have any queries, please contact: 086 184 2697 or email: welfare@uccsu.ie

The student assistance fund is another fund available to all EU students and usually opens annually around October. You will receive an email to your UCC account at this time with details of how to apply. All full-time registered students (subject to EU status), undergraduate and postgraduate, for the 2013/14 academic year are eligible to apply for assistance from the fund. Students participating in foundation courses or part-time courses are not eligible for this fund. Also, students pursuing a second Degree/second Masters/second PhD are ineligible. Students may be supported for one repeat year only. PhD applicants may be supported for years 1 – 4.

More information on the fund can be found here.

Applications will be anonymised and assessed by a panel twice a semester. This panel will consist of the UCCSU Welfare Officer, the UCCSU Communications and Engagement Officer, a delegate from LGBT Society, the Equality and Diversity Representative and the Equality Working Group’s Gender Rights Representative and the Equality Working Group’s LGBT Rights Representative.

We have been granted €20,000 through the HEA Mental Health Funding over a period of 10 years. The maximum amount awarded per student is €200.00, this is a once off payment.