I'm applying for a BBSRC funded project (so I get a stipend) but there's £5000 of consumable costs listed in the project budget, does that come out of the original stipend? Or does the department cover that? If it comes out of the stipend, that, together with the tution fees, just about blows it...am I going to have to apply for outside funding? The supervisor is (unluckily) on holiday until the application deadline, so I can't ask them. Anyone got any ideas? Any advice would be much appreciaated!