The Postgraduate Committee Fund, allows PG Students to request funding to attend a conference, manage an event for Postgraduate Students or in case a Postgrad student can no longer afford to purchase equipment or resources for their studies.
Apply
To apply, please read the below carefully and send your completed application to su.voice@uea.ac.uk.
Elected by the Assembly at the start of the academic year, PG Committee is made up of six elected postgraduate representatives and four of the full-time elected officers, as well as a part-time officer chosen by the Student Officer Committee. The Committee take part in decisions on allocating the SU's PG budget, organising events and campaigns, and use of the Graduate Centre. They also sit on the student union's Union Council, allowing them to change SU decisions at the highest levels.
Download the application form and send the completed form along with all evidence to su.voice@uea.ac.uk. Please save the file as your name and only submit the form in Microsoft Word format.
Application form
Before you apply
To ensure we can distribute the limited funds as equitably as possible please consider using the following avenues of university funding and only apply to our fund should you have exhausted all other opportunities including your Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) or bench money.
Applicants are expected to first explore the below financial options before applying to the Postgraduate Committee Fund.
UEA have made their hardship fund more accessible due to the pandemic, which you can read more about on their website. This fund is accessible through student support who you can contact through the student finance team. The website says this is dedicated to UG students, however, any student can apply.
Please make sure you read the Terms of Reimbursement before applying.
To ensure there are no delays with applications of payments please send your application as soon as you reasonably can. If your application goes to our committee, you will be informed of the decision within 10 working days. You then have two months to submit your receipts before the money gets transferred to your account.
We can only make payments in the form of reimbursement upon receiving full evidence for itemised costs. We understand many PGRs have lost income normally gained from employment such as Associate Tutor work; however, we can't make direct payments based on your loss of income i.e. this fund cannot replace what you were expecting to earn.
To ensure fairness when voting on applications your details will be anonymised before circulated with your postgraduate committee. Only postgrad(su) staff and the su finance team will have access to the details you submit in the application.