6. Funding and Finance
Your financial guarantee letter will outline your stipend payments and information related to your Stipend payment and Research Training Support Grant (RTSG).
Please contact your PGR support team with any specific queries you may have about your stipend payments. The details of your stipend payment and the start and end date of your funding will be outlined in your financial offer letter.
Research Training Support Grant for students registered from 1st August 2023
As part of its commitment to PGR student support across all disciplines, the faculty will continue to provide fully self-funded students with a dedicated fund for RTSG, as follows.
The following will NOT be eligible for faculty RTSG grants:
- Students funded via grants or doctoral training programmes (DTPs) that provide RTSG and/or research costs.
- Students who have already received financial support from the faculty in the form of matched funding or fee scholarships.
RTSGs will be placed in an account for the student to spend from, with authorisation provided by their supervisors.
- International fee-paying DClinPsy* students are eligible for the same RTSG arrangements that applies to commissioned (HEE funded) students.
Amounts listed below are for the duration of the relevant programme (not per annum):
Discipline |
PhD/DClinPsy*/DClinRes |
MbyRes |
| Biosciences | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Clinical & Biomedical Sciences | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Sport & Health Sciences | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Public Health | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Health & Community Care | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Health & Care Professions | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Psychology | £3,000 | £2,000 |
| Professional Doctorates | £600 | n/a |
Duration
The RTSG will roll forward year-on-year and must be related to goods/services received by the time the student submits their thesis or their completion deadline, if applicable, whichever is sooner. If a student who commences a MbyRes programme and then subsequently upgrades to a PhD programme they will receive the difference in the RTSG, up to the level of the RTSG for the PhD programme they transition onto.
The RTSG amounts for students registered prior to 1st August 2023 are as follows;
i. MPhil/PhD Biological Sciences (for students registered prior to August 2023)
For self-funded students:
PhD: £3,000
MbyRes: £1,000
There is additional RTSG funding for Biosciences students who are paying full international fees at the rate of the difference between the standard international fee and the Biosciences international fee. The duration will be equal to the number of years the student, or their external sponsor, is paying full international fees.
ii. MPhil/PhD Complex Living Systems (for students registered prior to August 2023)
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iii. MPhil/PhD Psychology (for students registered prior to August 2023)
For self-funded students:
PhD: £1,800
MbyRes: £600
iv. MPhil/PhD Sport & Health Sciences (for students registered prior to August 2023)
For self-funded students:
PhD: £2,250
MbyRes: £750
v. MPhil/PhD Medical Studies (for students registered prior to August 2023)
Research fieldwork and conference expenses
To help with costs related to your research, primarily conference, fieldwork and research trip expenses, each PGR student, irrespective of how they are funded and their mode of attendance, may apply for a one-off amount of £250 (Research Students’ Allowance – RSA). Please contact
HLS-Exeter-PGRsupport@exeter.ac.uk or cornwall-pgr@exeter.ac.uk for more information
vi. MPhil/PhD Medical Imaging (for students registered prior to August 2023)
Research fieldwork and conference expenses
To help with costs related to your research, primarily conference, fieldwork and research trip expenses, each PGR student, irrespective of how they are funded and their mode of attendance, may apply for a one-off amount of £250 (Research Students’ Allowance – RSA). Please contact
HLS-Exeter-PGRsupport@exeter.ac.uk or cornwall-pgr@exeter.ac.uk for more information