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Funding Framework
S37(2) of the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 (the HEA Act) requires that the HEA shall from time to time, with the approval of the Minister, prepare and establish a framework – in the HEA Act referred to as a ‘funding framework’ – for the allocation of funding to bodies seeking funding in a manner that is consistent with the objects and functions of the Authority provided for in the HEA Act and in accordance with any directions given to it by the Minister at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
This page hosts the Funding Framework prepared in adherence with the HEA Act and approved by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, in March 2026. Funding Schedules for individual funding schemes and programmes will be published in a phased manner.
The specific funding conditions pertaining to individual funding schemes and programmes will continue to be as contained in individual funding documentation such as letters, terms and conditions, grant agreements and/or Schedules of the Funding Framework as appropriate to each specific funding scheme or programme.
Tá an próiseas comhairliúcháin maidir leis an gCreat Cistiúcháin dúnta anois.
Le halt 37(2) d’Acht an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas, 2022 (“Acht an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas”), ceanglaítear ar an ÚAO creat – dá ngairtear ‘creat cistiúcháin’ in Acht an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas – a ullmhú agus a bhunú ó am go ham le ceadú ón Aire le haghaidh cistiú a leithdháileadh ar chomhlachtaí atá ag lorg cistiúcháin ar mhodh atá i gcomhréir le cuspóirí agus feidhmeanna an Údaráis dá bhforáiltear in Acht an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas agus de réir aon ordachán a thabharfaidh an tAire ag an Roinn Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta dó.
Tá raon feidhme an phróisis comhairliúcháin srianta don Chreat Cistiúcháin mar a leagtar amach in Alt 37 d’Acht an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas. Tugtar cuireadh do chomhlachtaí atá ag lorg cistiúcháin nó dá gcomhlachtaí ionadaíocha chun aighneacht a dhéanamh.
Is féidir aighneachtaí a dhéanamh trí úsáid a bhaint as an bhfoirm ar líne seo Comhairliúchán ar Chreat Cistiúcháin an ÚAO, faoin 7 Aibreán 2025. Cuireadh leagan PDF den fhoirm seo ar fáil chun críocha faisnéise amháin – ní mór an aighneacht a chur isteach tríd an bhfoirm ar line atá ar fáil ag an nasc. Tabhair faoi deara nach nglacfar le haighneachtaí déanacha ná haighneachtaí a cuirtear isteach trí mhodhanna eile.