Training Grant Extensions

The CDT’s EPSRC training grant was originally due to end in September 2022, as the expectation was that all cohorts would have finished their PhD projects by this date. However, due to students’ COVID-19 funded extensions and some interruptions of study for personal reasons (e.g. maternity leave, ill health), WISE ended up with the equivalent of an entire cohort whose funded studentships continued beyond September 2022. The CDT therefore asked EPSRC for a twelve-month ‘no-cost’ training grant extension to 30 September 2023, which was approved in July 2022.

WISE then sought a second training grant extension to cover the new circumstances of its remaining funded students, which was approved by EPSRC in July 2023. This took the CDT’s grant end date to 31 December 2024. While an EPSRC grant extension comes with no additional funding, it has allowed the CDT to use its existing resources to support its remaining students to maximise their CDT training experience and achieve doctoral training outcomes.