Policy

Terms and conditions for training funding

The standard terms and conditions for UKRI training funding and related guidance.

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Documents

Use of grant proposal and training grant information addendum (PDF)

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Details

You must comply with these terms and conditions if you are awarded training funding.

Training grants include:

  • grants for studentships
  • funding specifically for the training and development of researchers

The standard terms and conditions of training grant changed in 2025.

Read the policy statement: review of the training grant conditions.

Updates

  • 1 April 2026
    PDF converted to HTML document
  • 1 October 2025
    Updated UKRI training grant guidance
  • 1 October 2025
    Updated terms and conditions added. These conditions were updated to reflect requirements for Trusted Research and Innovation and changes outlined in our policy statement: review of the training grant conditions.
  • 1 April 2025
    Replaced 'UK Research and Innovation training grants: standard terms and conditions of training grant' and 'UK Research and Innovation training grant guidance' documents with updated versions. Details of the changes can be found on page 26.
  • 29 January 2025
    Details section updated to say that the standard terms and conditions of training grant are changing and to include newsletter link.
  • 2 April 2024
    Updated terms and conditions and guidance added.
  • 16 November 2023
    Updated terms and conditions and guidance added.
  • 5 April 2023
    Updated terms and conditions and guidance added.
  • 3 November 2022
    Updates are referenced in Annex C of each document.

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