The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and the Women’s
Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) in association with Galway-Mayo Institute of
Technology (GMIT) have announced a number of new scholarships open
to members of the organisations. The scholarships are jointly funded by
GMIT and the player associations.
The partnership covers four scholarships - taught
masters as well as a number of research masters from any of the faculties at
the institute. Research will focus priority areas such as recovery, sleep
quality and nutrition. This research will be hugely beneficial to both the GPA
and WGPA to advance the welfare needs of both male and female inter county
players going forward.
The addition of these scholarships is key to the GPA
and WGPA’s aim to have extensive reach across the country with their education
offerings.
Paul Flynn, CEO at the GPA said, “We are delighted
to welcome GMIT to our postgraduate scholarship programme. These scholarships
offer our players and WGPA members the opportunity to further enhance their
career prospects through participation in highly sought-after graduate
programmes, alongside maintaining their sporting pursuits while giving them the
option to study closer to home, thus alleviating some of the pressures of
travel.”
Maria Kinsella, Chair of WGPA added “We are
passionate about supporting players to thrive on and off the field of play.
These new scholarship opportunities are most welcome and we are proud to be
partnered with the team at GMIT.”
Dr Des Foley, Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs and Registrar, GMIT, stressed the overall significance of the new partnership.
“The scholarships are very important to GMIT as we
are currently planning exciting new post-graduate opportunities. We are
also developing a new Sports Strategy and it is very important to us to
cultivate relationships with sporting organisations regionally and nationally.
The GPA and WGPA are to be congratulated on supporting its members in this
way”.
For more information or to apply of the scholarships contact Noel Connors at
the GPA, [email protected]
or Gemma Begley, [email protected]
. A CV and cover letter will be required and applications and entry criteria
will be assessed by GMIT.
