m completing my MRES next year,iv been here for 3months.do i have to wait for 3 more years so that i can get funding? desperately seeking an answer? anyone?

If you are interested in Research Council funding (ESRC, AHRC etc.) then yes, you would need to have lived in the UK for three years prior to your application and have an EU country citizenship.

However - many other scholarships do not have a residency requirement and in fact many universities try to balance out the Research council funding offering their own scholarships that are usually free of a residency requirement.

Hope this helps!

thanx! that really helps!

it depends on the supervisor. if they really want you then they should be able to cough up funds from somewhere.

i had not lived in the Uk prior to undertaking my PhD and my supervisor somehow managed to sort out funding which was from the EPRSC