Funding for Parental Leave
The MPLS Division’s parental leave funding policy aims to support women doctoral students in STEM subjects to proactively manage any pause in their studies due to maternity. It is intended to support women to progress through their academic career and improve the representation of women over time in STEM subjects.
MPLS doctoral students who suspend for maternity leave are entitled to 26 weeks paid leave regardless of their current funding situation at the RC stipend level. In those cases where both the mother and father are students, this financial support can be shared if it enables the female student to return to study in her MPLS department. Funding is available for students in years 1-4 of their programme.
Where funding is not already provided for under a student’s existing grant arrangements eligibility for this funding is as follows:
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Oxford Division / location |
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Mother |
Partner |
Eligibility |
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MPLS |
MPLS |
Mother eligible and partner eligible for sharing |
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MPLS |
Other Oxford Student |
Mother eligible and partner eligible for sharing |
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Not MPLS |
MPLS |
Neither are eligible |
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MPLS |
Student at other UK HEI |
Mother eligible and partner eligible for sharing |
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MPLS |
Not a student |
Mother eligible only |
Please contact lauren.wild@mpls.ox.ac.uk for further information.