The Department offers an allowance of up to £500 per annum to PhD students over the first four years, which can be used for attendance at summer schools and language training appropriate to your studies, as well as conference participation, attending national and international conferences to present papers. Any unused funds cannot be carried over to the next financial year, so you can only use the funds for the current year. Students are encouraged to investigate whether there is Humanities Research Fund, Humanities Research Centre, Connecting Cultures GRP, or other Faculty- and University-level funding available to support their needs in the first instance.

If you would like to attend a summer school, language training appropriate to your studies, or a conference which is central to your area of study, and your paper proposal has been accepted, please contact the English finance team at englishfinance@warwick.ac.uk to discuss. You will require the following documents to make a claim on Concur*:

• Original receipts
• Copy of the programme or acceptance letter, confirming the acceptance of your paper
• Queries can be directed to the finance team (englishfinance@warwick.ac.uk) or the Postgraduate Programmes Officer (PGREnglish@warwick.ac.uk)

*For your first claim, please complete and sign a FP16a PhD claim form and email with your documents to englishfinance@warwick.ac.uk. Subsequent claims will be made using Concur.

All claims must be made within 3 months of the expenditure being incurred.

Please note that the University financial year runs from 1st August to 31st July (not an academic year) – claims MUST therefore be submitted by mid-July for payment to be made before year end.

Information on how to use Concur can be found on the HR website.

If your FP16aPhD form is not completed correctly, it will be returned and your reimbursement will be delayed.

Decisions are normally made within 4 weeks. This allowance may also be used to support other relevant research activity such as the acquisition or improvement of a language essential to your research, or consultation of archives, at the discretion of the Director of Graduate Studies. Please note that these funds may not be used to cover travel insurance expenses.

Further information about insurance is available at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/finance/insurance