Grants
NB Changes to VEC Grant
Grants FAQs
Email: grants@ait.ie
Q. How do I know if I am eligible for a maintenance grant?
A. Students who are entering grant-approved courses for the first time may be eligible for a maintenance grant if they satisfy the relevant conditions of their grant-awarding authority (i.e. local authority/VEC). For further information, see www.studentfinance.ie.
Q. Where do I apply for a maintenance grant?
A. For third level courses, you should apply to your local vocational educational committee (VEC) or local county council. This is usually the county of your home address.
Q. I have already completed first year; will I be entitled to a maintenance grant for an alternative first year programme?
A. This depends on the individual nature of your situation. Please contact grants@ait.ie for further information.
Q. I am eligible for a maintenance grant, but have not yet received official notification. Do I still need to pay the Student Services Fee?
A. Yes. Those not in receipt of official notification of the award of a maintenance grant must pay the Student Services fee. If a maintenance grant is subsequently awarded, the Student Services fee will be refunded automatically into the student nominated bank account. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that the Fees and Grants Office have a copy of the award letter received from the awarding body. Also please ensure that you have submitted a student bank account details form.
Q. How will my maintenance grant be paid?
A. The maintenance grant for students on higher certificate and ordinary degree programmes (Level 6 and Level 7 programmes) will be paid by the institute, directly into the student’s nominated bank account. Please note that it is the responsibility of each student to submit to the Fees and Grants Office, details of their current bank account (i.e. account number and sort code). This information should be submitted on the ‘Bank Account Details’ form.
For more information see Grant payment dates
The maintenance grant for students on honours degree programmes (Level 8 programmes) are paid, by cheque, by the awarding body. Such payments are made once per term and may be collected at the registration hatch upon presentation of photographic ID. Students will be notified by student email when their cheque is available for collection at the registration department.
It is the responsibility of all students entering Athlone Institute of Technology for the first time, or students who grant status has changed, to submit official notification of the award of a grant to the institute’s Fees and Grants Office at their earliest convenience.
If you have any further queries please email the Fees and Grants Office
Email: grants@ait.ie and fees@ait.ie
