Apply for money support

Before you apply

Read the Student Money Support privacy statement.

How to apply

1. Start your Isabella H. Stevens application now.
2. Your assessor will then copy your Student Money Support Fund Application Excel Workbook over to your Isabella H. Stevens Loan Fund application and use your income and expenditure to assess this application.
3. We aim to assess your application within 24 hours of you applying (or the next working day if you apply on a Friday or a bank/university holiday). University and bank holidays will delay the processing and payment.
4. We will notify you of our decision by email. While your application is in process, please check your university email regularly.
5. If awarded, we will email you with an Isabella H. Stevens Loan agreement. Please save and read this agreement. Then, please enter the amount you wish to borrow, sign the agreement, then save the agreement. Please then reply to the email from your assessor with this signed loan agreement attached. We cannot process your award until we have received this.

After you have applied

The Finance Office will pay your loan into the bank account you have stored on your portal page within two weeks from the date we receive the signed Isabella H. Stevens Loan Fund Loan Agreement.

It is your responsibility to make sure your bank account details are correct. The Money Support team/Finance Office is not responsible for any loans paid into the wrong bank account.

Loan awards can only be paid into UK bank accounts. We are unable to make any bank transfer payments to international bank accounts

Before you begin your application

1. Read the Student Money Support privacy statement.
2. Check you have the evidence required to apply to the Marion Gibbs Housing Studies Internship Support Fund.
3. Please have all your evidence ready/accessible as you will need to upload all of your evidence to your evidence folder within 48 hours.

If you need help with the application form, the evidence requirements, or the general application processes - especially if you have a disability or dyslexia - please talk to an adviser. If you feel it would be useful, please contact the hub by Live Chat available via your portal or by Phone: +44 (0) 1786 466 022 to book an "application assistance appointment". These appointments will be with a member of our team to guide you through the evidence needed, the application process, and general questions about your application.

How do I apply?

1. Start your application now. 
2. Complete and submit your application form. At the end of your submission, tick the box to be sent an email of your responses.
3. You will automatically receive an email containing a link to your secure evidence folder. This folder contains your Funds Application Excel workbook and evidence list. Please note: You are required to upload the supporting documentation to your evidence folder within 48 hours.
4. In your evidence folder you will find your Funds Application Excel workbook. Please enter all of the income and expenditure relevant to you (and if applicable, your partner) under the specific income and expenditure tabs at the bottom left of the workbook. Please ensure you enter all income and expenditure amounts for both you and your partner (if applicable). Please note, any password protected cells are not to be filled in by applicants. You can only enter data in a colour coded field. These are not password protected. The data you enter into the workbook will automatically save.
5. Please ensure that you read the evidence list provided and upload all mandatory evidence. Please note that if you have a partner whom you live with, bank statements will be required for them also.
6. Upload your evidence to your evidence folder by clicking the “Upload” tab at the top of the folder and choosing the documents you have saved on your desktop.
7. We ask that you complete the workbook and upload your supporting evidence within 48 hours of submitting your online application.
8. If all of the mandatory supporting evidence is not uploaded to your evidence folder by the time we start to assess your application, we reserve the right to decline your application. Please note that if your application is declined, you will be required to complete the full application process again.

The mandatory supporting evidence required for your application is detailed in this evidence list.

After you have applied

We aim to assess your application within three to four weeks. Applications will be assessed in the date and time order they are received. We cannot fast-track any assessments.

We will notify you of our decision by email. While your application is in process, please check your university email regularly.

Award payments

If successful, your award(s) will be paid into the bank account you have stored on your portal page within two weeks from the date of your decision email. It is your responsibility to make sure your bank account details are correct. The Money Support team/Finance Office is not responsible for any awards that are paid into the wrong bank account.

Awards from the fund can only be paid into UK bank accounts. We are unable to make any bank transfer payments to international bank accounts.

Before you apply

1. Read the guidance on the evidence needed to apply for a Short Term Loan.
2. Learn how to download PDF bank statements.

How to apply

The Short-term Loan application will remain open all year.

1. Start your Short-term Loan application now.
2. Provide as much information about your reasons for applying in your personal statement question. If there is not enough information, your assessor may have to call you, and this will delay the process and any award.
3. Within a few minutes of submitting your form you will be emailed a link to your evidence folder. You will need to provide any evidence relevant to your application, along with bank statements for your main every-day account covering the last 3 consecutive months (the full 3 months immediately prior to the date you submit this application). Please upload these documents with 1 hour of submitting your online application.

Due to audit purposes, we cannot accept bank statements that have been exported to Excel format or screenshots from mobile banking apps.

If all of your bank statements and other relevant evidence are not in your folder when we begin our assessment, your application will be declined. You will then be required to start the application process again.

After you apply

We aim to assess your application within 24 hours of you applying (or the next working day if you apply on a Friday or a University or bank holiday). University and bank holidays will delay processing and payment.

We will notify you of our decision by email. While your application is in process, please check your university email regularly.

If awarded, we will email you with a Short-Term Loan Agreement. Please save and read this agreement. Please sign the agreement and save a copy of the signed agreement. Please then reply to the email from your assessor with this signed loan agreement attached. We cannot pass your loan for processing until we have received the signed Short-term Loan Agreement. Any signed agreements returned after 12pm will fall into the next day’s payment run.

If successful, your loan will be paid into the bank account you have stored on your portal page 48 hours from returning your signed loan agreement or the following working day of returning your signed loan agreement on a Friday/bank holiday weekend.

It is your responsibility to make sure your bank account details are correct. The Money Support team/Finance Office is not responsible for any awards that are paid into the wrong bank account.

Loan awards can only be paid into UK bank accounts. We are unable to make any bank transfer payments to international bank accounts.

Before you apply

1. Read the guidance of the evidence needed to apply for the Rental Guarantor Scheme.
2. Learn how to download PDF bank statements.

How do I apply?

The Rental Guarantor Application will remain open all year.

Once you have found and secured a place you want to live and have obtained a tenancy agreement (that this should not be signed yet), you can begin the application process.

1. Start your Rental Guarantor Scheme application now.
2. Within a few minutes of submitting your application you be emailed an evidence folder. Please upload the following supporting documentation within 24 hours of receiving your link:
   1. Unsigned tenancy agreement, with no joint or several liability; please request a single tenancy agreement from your landlord/letting agent
   2. Three months worth of bank statements for your bank account from which you have been paying your rent
   3. Evidence of your funding arrangements for the current academic session (for example, SAAS/Student Finance scholarship award letter/ bank statement covering the date you course started this year showing your total annual general living costs funding)
   4. Reference from your current or previous landlord (including halls of residence) if applicable

If all the above supporting documents are not in your folder when we start your assessment, your application will be declined, and you will have to start the full application process again.

After you apply

Your landlord is required to sign and return the legal paperwork. Due to this, we will require your application form and evidence at least 7 working days before your entry date.

Once the guarantee with the landlord has been agreed your tenancy will operate as normal; you should pay your rent directly to the landlord by bank transfer. If you cannot pay your rent you must immediately email the Deputy Head of Student Support at the University of Stirling (ask@stir.ac.uk) stating the reasons for non-payment of rent together with the amount due and the due date, so that the University is aware that the guarantee may be called upon.

If the University is required to pay your rent, the rental paid will be treated as a debt you owe to the University, and this will need to be repaid.