NHS Learning Support Fund and Training Grant

Key facts

Start dates

January 2025 / September 2025

Available to home or international students?

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Study level

Postgraduate; Undergraduate

Award value

£2,000 - £5,000 (see details below)

Number of awards

All applicants who meet the criteria

Application deadline

Applications already open for Jan 2025; for Sept 2025 start students, applications will start in April 2025.

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Terms and Conditions

Overview

NHS Learning Support Fund Students starting and continuing their course from 1 September 2020 onwards can apply for NHS LSF if they’re on one an eligibile pre-registration undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

If you're eligible, you can get:

Training Grant - £5,000 per academic year.
Parental Support - £2,000 / year. To qualify you need to have at least one dependent child under 15 years, or under 17 years if registered with special educational needs.
Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses - you can claim for excess travel and accommodation costs while you are on your practice placement.
Exceptional Support Fund - students experiencing financial hardship.

Further information can be found on the NHS Learning Support Fund pages.

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria

Eligible courses:

dental therapy or dental hygiene (level 5 and 6 courses)
dietetics
midwifery
nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disability, joint nursing and social work)
occupational therapy
operating department practitioner (level 5 and 6 courses) orthoptics
orthotics and prosthetics
paramedics (DipHE and FD courses are not eligible for NHS LSF)
physiotherapy
podiatry or chiropody
radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
speech and language therapy

This funding is available to students studying on the following courses: