Who should fund my UCL research degree fees?
A. UCL’s preference for the funding of research degrees is via studentship. Studentships include the stipend and all associated fees and other necessary direct costs. If studentships are not acceptable to particular research funding bodies then the first alternative should be for the fees to be paid from faculty/departmental or discretionary budgets or by virement of other budget headings associated with the specific research project, but without recourse to central SAS funding. Only where the applicant is self funding or doing research which is attracting no external funding of any kind should SAS funding be sought. Staff applying for SAS for external awards get no fee reduction from the HEI they are registered with and may apply for the defined financial support.
