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Funding eligibility during registration

TODO: to be completed by NPQ reg team

Accepting an application

When accepting an application we evaluate the funded_place attribute passed in the payload against the funding_cap of the cohort and eligible_for_funding status of the application:

  • The funded_place attribute in the accept application payload will be evaluated only for cohorts that have a funding_cap.
  • The funded_place must be true or false if the cohort has a funding_cap.

When accepting an application with a funded_place:

  • The funded_place can be true or false if the application is eligible_for_funding.
  • The funded_place can only be false if the application is not eligible_for_funding.

Changing the funded place of an application

Lead providers can change the funded_place of an application via the API:

  • The application must be accepted.
  • The application must be eligible_for_funding if changing to true.
  • The cohort of the application must have a funding_cap.
  • If changing funded_place to false the application must have no eligible, payable, paid or submitted declarations.

Previously funded

An application is considered previously_funded if:

  • Another application exists with an equivalent course (as determined by rebranded_alternative_courses).
    • If the application course is not npq-additional-support-offer or npq-early-headship-coaching-offer it must be the same course.
    • If the application course is npq-additional-support-offer or npq-early-headship-coaching-offer it can be an application with either of these two courses.
  • The other application is accepted and eligible_for_funding.
  • The funded_place of the application is either not set (nil, i.e. prior to 2024) or is true.

Application serialization/eligible for funding

When an application is serialized we determine the eligible_for_funding state by inspecting the user eligibility and if the application has been previously_funded.

An application is eligible_for_funding if:

  • They have no previously_funded applications.
  • They are eligible_for_funding.

Creating a declaration

On creating a new declaration, it is marked as eligible if:

  • There are no previously_funded applications.
  • They are eligible_for_funding and funded_place is not set (nil, i.e. prior to 2024) or is true.

Pre-2024 funded place behaviour

Prior to 2024 we only calculated eligibility for declarations using the eligible_for_funding attribute (there was no notion of funded_place). Similarly, we only checked only eligible_for_funding during the previously_funded method as well.

See ECF #4871 for how funded_place was originally introduced in ECF (and later replicated in NPQ reg) for more details.