International Students Emergency Fund
The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) provides UHI with a small annual amount which we can use to support International students facing specific hardship.
Deadline
No deadline. Available throughout the academic year.To be eligible for this funding, students must be facing financial hardship as a result of a significant change of circumstances and be at risk of not being able to continue studying due to that hardship.
Changes of circumstances can include being unable to return home because of conflicts or the fear of persecution.
- You must be non-UK domiciled on an international fee place OR be UK domiciled but not eligible to receive living cost support from a UK funding body.
- You must have applied to the Home Office for a form of leave or extension and are NOT eligible for living cost support from SAAS.
These funds are only available to International students who have applied to the Home Office to reside or extend their stay in the UK.
Asylum seekers are eligible as they are not entitled to living cost support from SAAS. International students here on a normal student visa will NOT be eligible to apply.
However, any International student incurring financial hardship as a direct consequence of a global conflict ONLY can apply to the main Discretionary Fund.
Students wishing to apply should contact the Funding staff at their Academic Partner to discuss eligibility.