Additional funds and extensions to support research training
Updated on 1 October 2025
Applications for the below schemes have now re-opened. Please follow the below links, which have been updated as of 1 October 2025.
- Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)
- Engagement Provision (EP)
- Research Extension Fund (REF)
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Additional funds
LAHP-funded students may request funds to support their core research and development needs. There are two funds available:
- Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)
- Engagement Provision (EP) – Incorporating the previous Impact, Engagement and Entrepreneurship (IEE) and Language Funds (LF)
Details of both are available below.
Students should read the updated LAHP expenses guidance carefully before applying for funds. Requests must be made in advance of expenditure. See the LAHP fund application process flowchart for the application process.
LAHP Expenses guidance (October 2025 update)
All expenditure must be in line with the LAHP guidance and the AHRC Training Funding Guide.
Please note that applications for activities taking place or for expenditure incurred outside of the funded period cannot be accepted, even if submitted prior to your funding end date.
Payment of expenses claims
There is a different process for claiming expenses for funds approved before 30 Sep 2025 and for ones approved from 1 Oct 2025 onwards. Please refer to the above LAHP expenses guidance for details.
LAHP Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)
This fund supports LAHP AHRC-funded students engaging in activities related to their primary research. This covers:
- expenses for UK or overseas study visits to archives, libraries, museums, or to carry out other fieldwork, as part of primary research;
- attending or presenting students’ research at conferences in the UK or overseas.
- Additional materials (e.g. art materials) that students are unable to access elsewhere and that are essential for their research. Students will need to demonstrate in their application that these books and/or other materials are essential for their research, and that they have had no other means but to buy them in order to proceed with their core research.
This fund is a pooled fund i.e. not a specific amount per student, and is allocated based on research needs. LAHP expects that the total expenditure for any one student will not go over £3,000 during their studentship.
To apply for funding, please read the LAHP expenses guidelines carefully and complete the application form via FlexiGrant, linked below. We consider applications on a rolling basis and you can expect an outcome within 15 working days.
Students with disabilities who need adjustments to the application process should contact us on lahp@ucl.ac.uk and we can advise on alternative methods of applying.
As part of the application, you will need to invite your supervisor as collaborator, so they can submit their supporting statement. You can do this via the summary page of your application, under the ‘Participants’ tab. Please note that your supervisor will be able to see all details on your application.
LAHP Engagement Provision
The Engagement Provision incorporates the former LAHP Language Fund and LAHP Impact, Engagement, Entrepreneurship Fund.
The Engagement Provision may support the additional costs associated with students taking up engagement and development activities. These additional costs could be travel and subsistence costs associated with undertaking a placement or engaging with an external collaborator (excluding CDA). It could also include fees charged for training courses (including language) that are associated with student development and are not available via the consortium’s provisions.
Students can apply for a maximum of £600 from this fund.
LAHP Engagement provision application form (FlexiGrant)
LAHP Research Extension Fund
UKRI expects projects to be designed and supervised in a way that enables students to submit their thesis within their funded period i.e. by their funding end date.
Students may be eligible to apply for a planned extension of up to six months full-time or equivalent per type of activity to their funded period based on research needs. Students must demonstrate in their application that they require further time due to skills acquisition, complex methodology, a change to their project or taking up a placement.
We may be able to consider applications in circumstances not listed here. Please contact us to discuss this but note that LAHP can only grant extensions on the basis of research need, not illness or personal circumstances, which are managed via different processes.
We require students to submit their requests for planned extensions at least 6 months prior to their current funding end date. Any requests submitted after the current funding end date will not be considered. The maximum total funding we may offer is 4 years full time, or equivalent (excluding any paid leave), or up to the end of year 4 of registration (excluding any leave), whichever is earlier.
We consider extension applications on a rolling basis, and you can expect a decision within 15 working days of submission.
To apply for funding, please read the following guidelines carefully and complete the application form:
Please note that as per the rules of the AHRC IPS award (International fellowships for doctoral and early career researchers), you will not be eligible to apply for an extension for the purpose of this fellowship.