Grant Awarded Student Research Maintenance Government Noun Bre

• student grants (= to pay for their education)
• he has been awarded a research grant.
• poorer students would get maintenance grants of up to £1 500 a year.
• the full student maintenance grant was rather less than £2 000.

grant

1. a sum of money that is given by the government or by another organization to be used for a particular purpose
• student grants (= to pay for their education)
• He has been awarded a research grant.

Extra Examples

• Poorer students would get maintenance grants of up to £1 500 a year.
• The full student maintenance grant was rather less than £2 000.
• The government has awarded a 3.5 million pound grant for the restoration of the opera house.
• The government has awarded a grant for the restoration of the building.
• The group’s annual grant from the Arts Council has been cut.
• The program offers grants to small businesses.
• The report was funded by a grant from the Department.
• The school has received a large capital grant to improve its buildings.
• There is a lot of competition for research grants.
• You can get a grant if you’ve lived in the area for three years.
• You may be eligible for a clothing grant.
• a grant for a youth project
• a grant from the funding authority
• emergency grants for special needs for items such as clothing
• home improvement grants for householders
• She has been awarded a research grant by Liverpool University.
• The hospital has applied for a government grant to buy a new scanner.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French granter ‘consent to support’, variant of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere ‘entrust’.