STFC-funded and self-funded students can claim their travel and subsistence expenses back directly from STFC. Students funded by other sources will have to claim their expenses from their home institute or sponsor. If you are unsure who will cover your expense claims, please discuss this with your PhD supervisor.
Instructions for the STFC claims:
- Please complete one of the two claim forms linked in the main overview page: one for UK bank accounts and the other for overseas accounts.
- To submit your claim, please send your completed and signed claim form (electronically), along with scanned copies of your receipts, to studentships@stfc.ac.uk. Please do not submit your claim to STFC until the school is over and submit only one per person
- Please note that your claim can include subsistence expenses, for example, any meals that you have to purchase yourself because the school was not able to provide them. Please refers to the UKRI T&S policy document (page 11) for further guidances: https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UKRI-281022-TravelSubsistenceExpensesPolicy.pdf
- Please submit itemised receipts and that your claims must fall within the publicised UKRI guidelines (ie no alcohol, and meals inline with UKRI allowance)
- Breakfast meal limit (where not included in accommodation): £7.50 inc. VAT
- Lunch meal limit: £15 including VAT
- Main meal limit: £25 including VAT
