Funding Eligibility

LISS DTP welcomes applications from both Home and International students. However, it is important to understand how fee status is determined and what this means for the funding available to you.

Nationality and residency requirements for both Home and International students can be found in EU and international eligibility for UKRI studentships from 2021 – UKRI. Please read this document to determine whether you will be classed as a Home or International student. 

If you are unsure of your tuition fee status, please contact the Admissions Team at the institution to which you have applied. LISS DTP cannot advise on complex fee status cases and will use the fee status determined by your institution when assessing your eligibility for funding.

To be classed as a home student, applicants must meet the following criteria:

● Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or

● Have settled status, or

● Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or

● Have indefinite leave to remain or enter

If you do not meet the above criteria you are classed as an International student, For further details please refer to EU and international eligibility for UKRI studentships from 2021 – UKRI guidance. 

Following a UKRI announcement in 2020, from October 2021 International students (including EU students) are eligible for ESRC studentships. However, the total number of international studentships a DTP is able to offer has been capped by UKRI at 30% of the total number of studentships awarded each year, and so studentships for international students will be limited in number and competitive. 

The ESRC will only fund the Home Fee, which means that the difference between the home and international fee must be found elsewhere, such as: 

● the applicant’s department,   

● the applicant’s host institution,   

● or another source such as self-funding.   

LISS DTP institutions will fund the difference between the home and international fee for a limited number of international students and at this stage we cannot guarantee that every international student offered a LISS DTP studentship will receive this funding as part of their studentship.