Hey guys, wondering if you can help me out here - I'm due to start a PhD in Oct and have been lucky enough to get secured a studentship. Just wondering when I'm likely to start receiving the money - will it be from Oct or are you paid in arrears? And is it monthly or quaterly etc?
Thanks

You should get your money paid quaterly, depending upon your funding body, mine is the bbsrc. You should get your money sometime in october, if not def at the begining of november

Thanks James. I'm leaving my current jobs in Oct so I can start my PhD so its good to know I shouldn't have to wait months for the money to start coming through!

Mine is funded through the university so hopfully it'll work in the same way as external funding.

All the best,
Jo

With BBSRC and NERC things do work as James mentioned. I would expect you to get the first installment in early October prior to actually starting your research.

All the best with your PhD.

Clara

I am starting late September and concluded from a number of posts on this forum that studentships would be paid monthly. Can anyone please clarify? I'm being funded by a charity.

BBSRC and NERC and I think MRC pay quaterly. Don't spend it all at once.
~Clara