Google Ireland announced a student-focused initiative that pairs a one-year free Gemini AI Plus offer with a nationwide Gemini for Students Prompting Championship and a hands-on Gemini Academy rollout for universities.
All third-level students in Ireland can claim 12 months of Gemini AI Plus, including 400GB storage and study-focused features such as Study Notebooks, Interactive Visualizations and Gemini Live.
Google is running Gemini Academy workshops across targeted Irish universities to deliver practical, responsible AI skilling for students and faculty.
Google.org funded INCO and Chance with $750,000 to deliver NewFutures:AI curricula and career supports to at least 5,000 students through university partnerships.
# Overview
Google Ireland has launched a coordinated student initiative combining free access to Gemini AI Plus, a nationwide prompting competition, and a skills program for higher education. The goals described are to broaden student access to AI tools, improve productivity, and prepare graduates for an AI-influenced labour market.
# The Gemini offer for students
Students are being offered 12 months of free access to Gemini AI Plus. The package includes unlimited uploads, Study Notebooks, Interactive Visualizations, Gemini Live, and 400GB of storage for one year. The announcement frames these features as study-focused tools designed to support coursework, revision and day-to-day academic tasks.
# Gemini for Students Prompting Championship
Ireland, irrespective of technical background or academic discipline. The competition asks entrants to submit generative-AI prompt workflows that solve real-world student problems, including administrative tasks, budgeting and study planning.
Judging emphasises iteration and refinement of prompts to produce practical solutions rather than requiring coding or technical experience.
# Gemini Academy and university workshops
Alongside the competition Google is launching Gemini Academy, a set of live, hands-on skilling and demonstration workshops across selected Irish universities. These sessions are positioned for both students and faculty and focus on practical use and responsible application of AI in academic contexts.
# Funding and curriculum partnerships
Google.org has provided $750,000 in funding to non-profits INCO and Chance to support a program called NewFutures:AI. The initiative includes advanced AI curriculums, complimentary career coaching and professional networks aimed at students entering non-technical professions such as marketing, finance, logistics and administration.
So far, INCO is partnering with Maynooth University and Dublin City University to deliver NewFutures:AI to students, and the program is offered free to participating universities with Google.org support. The funding aims to reach at least 5,000 students.
# Official remarks
Vanessa Hartley, VP and Head of Google Ireland, said the company wants Irish students to lead the shift in how AI is used to work, learn and solve problems, and that placing tools directly in students' hands will support their academic journeys and Ireland's competitiveness.
Minister Patrick Lawless, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, welcomed the support package and described AI as increasingly important to how students learn and work, noting the potential for the tools to make study more accessible and to build students' experience with emerging technologies.
# How to participate
Interested students can enter the Gemini for Student Prompting Championships 2026 and claim the 12-month Gemini AI Plus offer via the event website referenced in the announcement. Universities interested in NewFutures:AI partnership can contact INCO to learn more.
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