Bursary

THE BUILDING LIMES FORUM IRELAND

c/o Irish Georgian Society

City Assembly House

No58 South William Street

Dublin 2

info@ buildinglimesforumireland.com

www.buildinglimesforumireland.com

BLFI Bursaries 2025

The BLFI offers an annual bursary to members to assist with training and education.

The application must essentially have an educational nature, practical or theoretical, and must relate to the use of lime. It could be used to attend a specialist course, either short-term or long-term, which could be theoretical and/or practical. It could also be used to undertake a specialist internship or practical experience master class. It is very open. The result should lead to better qualification and/or experience and a better understanding of the use of lime in construction. It should be relevant to the applicant’s work or future direction.

Bursary

Up to €2,000 will be available per annum for a period of 5 years.

The process will be reviewed by the BLFI Committee after a 3-year period

If applications are not compliant with the terms of the bursary, they may not be awarded in a particular year. In such cases, any monies will go back into the fund for future bursaries.

Who can apply?

All individual members of the BLFI with at least 2 years of paid membership.

Corporate members: In the case of corporate members an individual in the employment of the corporate entity may apply while in the employment or in an apprenticeship/training scheme of that firm or organisation. As in the case of the individual member, the corporate membership must be current and in place for a minimum of two years.

In the 5-year period, a bursary cannot be awarded more than once to the same person.

What does it cover?

The bursary must be used to cover course fees/internship costs, travel and accommodation.

Successful applicants must submit a report, make a presentation, organise a demonstration or as otherwise agreed upon completion of the proposal for which the bursary is awarded.

Timescale for application

The deadline for the applications is the 30th of April.

The Selection Committee will be made up of the full BLFI Committee and 2 external assessors.

Application Form

There is no formal application form. Please make an application to info@blfi.net, giving full details of the proposal and a one-page CV together with a contact email, address or phone number. Canvassing the Selection Committee with disqualifying any application.

Committee Members 2024/2025:

Chair: Dermot McRandal Treasurer: Oiseen Kelly; Company Secretary: Grellan Rourke;

Membership: Shane Nolan;

Damien Condon, Henry O’Donnell, Tom McGimsey, John Beattie; Paul Griffin; Brian Tobin, Veronika Zemska, Feargal Ó Súilleabháin

Administrator: Eszter Nadas

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Bursary

Previous bursary recipients include:

Michal Kosciak,

Aoife Howard,

Martin Geraghty,

Eoin Madigan,