Information on Teagasc Student Maintenance Grant Scheme – 1st Time Applicant
To Qualify for a Teagasc Student Maintenance Grant
The conditions of the National Student Grant Scheme 2025 will apply. You must fulfil key conditions relating to:
- Nationality and immigration status
- Residency in the state: You must have been resident in the Irish State for three of the last five years prior to the commencement of your course. Proof of residency such as: evidence that you sat the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate exams in Ireland with your full name printed on it will be required or a letter from a school principal in Ireland, confirming your attendance at a school.
Previous Education
As with the National Student Grant Scheme 2025, you will not normally get a grant:
- for repeating a year
- or attending a course at a level that does not represent progression from what you have done before.
However, you may be considered eligible for funding as a “second chance” student where you –
– have previously attended but not completed a course,
– have had a 3-year break in studies since leaving that course, and
– are returning to attend an approved course at the same level.
Please note that studying at a level below undergraduate level, within the 3-year period, does not affect a student’s eligibility to be considered as a “second chance student”.
Income Limits for Teagasc Maintenance Grants
- Reckonable income is based on household income from all sources
- For Teagasc student maintenance grant means testing, farm income or income from self employment will be averaged over the three most recent years based on the Revenue Notice of Assessment. Other income will be based on the most recent Employment Detail Summary. Copies of Employment Detail Summary, Statement of Liability, Confirmation of Cessation of Employment and Revenue Notice of Assessment will be required as relevant evidence of income.
- Income or welfare support payments specifically excluded from reckonable income under the National Student Grant Scheme 2025 are also excluded under Teagasc maintenance grants means testing
- These conditions apply to the 2025/26 college year only and may change in future years;
Number of Dependent Children Special Rate* Full Maintenance Part Maintenance
(75%)Part Maintenance
(50%)Part Maintenance
(25%)Less than 4 €27,400 €47,010 €48,270 €51,040 €58,470 4 – 7 €30,030 €51,520 €52,900 €55,940 €64,080 8 or more €32,555 €55,850 €57,345 €60,635 €69,465 - Special Rate of Maintenance Grant – Payable to an applicant, whose household income is below the Special Rate* on the 31st December, 2024 and contains an eligible long term Department of Social Protection payment as prescribed by the Student Grant Scheme.
Income Add-Backs to Reckonable Income
In the National Student Grant Scheme certain add-backs are made which increase reckonable income of the applicant. These add-backs are detailed in the national scheme. The Teagasc Grant Scheme mirrors the National Grant Scheme but the following are not added back to farm incomes:
- Payments to Family Labour
- Finance Lease Payments
- Interest on Capital Expenditure
- Depreciation.
All add-backs are listed in the official Grant Scheme document