IDLA studentships, in the form of ‘vouchers’, are allocated to businesses and related organisations every three years using an algorithm based on the organisations’ financial contributions to EPSRC-funded research.
Eligible organisations are ranked by their algorithmic number. This is calculated from:
- the total amount of support (cash or in-kind) provided to EPSRC grants in letters of support
- the number of grants they support
Vouchers are distributed among them according to their rank.
About 40 organisations will receive an allocation, depending on how many vouchers are available in that three-year period. Any vouchers which a company is unable to use are reallocated among the other recipients.
EPSRC IDLA 2025 to 2027 allocations
These are the numbers of vouchers that were allocated to industrial partners in 2024 for IDLA studentships starting between October 2025 and October 2027. A total of 612 vouchers were issued.
As this is a three-year allocation, a portion of these vouchers have already been assigned to projects beginning in October 2025 and October 2026.
Unredeemed vouchers may already be allocated to specific projects beginning in October 2027 that have not yet been submitted to EPSRC. All unredeemed vouchers must be used for projects beginning in October 2027, which has a submission deadline of 30 September 2026.
| Organisation | Total allocation (2025 – 2027) | Unredeemed vouchers (June 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Airbus Operations Limited | 15 | 7 |
| ARM Ltd | 12 | 5 |
| Arup Group Ltd | 6 | 3 |
| AstraZeneca | 30 | 11 |
| AWE | 8 | 2 |
| BAE Systems | 14 | 3 |
| BASF | 12 | 3 |
| BBC | 12 | 9 |
| BP | 19 | 8 |
| BT | 24 | 10 |
| Constellium UK Limited | 20 | 8 |
| Croda (Group) | 8 | 3 |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) | 34 | 10 |
| Dyson Technology | 14 | 6 |
| EDF | 14 | 6 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 8 | 2 |
| FUJIFILM UK Ltd | 8 | 4 |
| GKN | 4 | 4 |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) | 30 | 11 |
| IBM UK Ltd | 18 | 6 |
| IQE PLC | 3 | 3 |
| Jacobs UK Limited/Amentum | 6 | 4 |
| Jaguar Land Rover Limited | 19 | 11 |
| Johnson Matthey | 18 | 7 |
| Leonardo UK ltd | 10 | 3 |
| NATS Ltd | 9 | 2 |
| National Physical Laboratory | 24 | 9 |
| Ordnance Survey | 4 | 2 |
| Pragmatic Semiconductor Limited | 4 | 3 |
| Procter & Gamble | 8 | 5 |
| QinetiQ | 13 | 6 |
| Renishaw Plc | 6 | 3 |
| Rolls-Royce Plc (UK) | 34 | 10 |
| Schlumberger | 8 | 4 |
| Scottish Power | 4 | 2 |
| Shell | 25 | 8 |
| Siemens | 20 | 8 |
| Siemens Healthineers | 5 | 4 |
| Synopsys | 6 | 3 |
| Tata Steel | 13 | 6 |
| Thales Ltd | 21 | 7 |
| Toshiba | 7 | 2 |
| UK Atomic Energy Authority | 7 | 6 |
| Unilever | 16 | 7 |
| Westinghouse Electric Company | 12 | 3 |
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Email: idla@epsrc.ukri.org
Last updated: 10 August 2026