Does someone mind explaining the difference between the maintenance loan and grant?

Okay, I get that the loan you pay back and the grant you don't.

In my application it says I've applied for the maximum maintenance loan possible - in my case this is £4,288.

But underneath this is the maintenance grant and in the amount requested box it says 'N/A' but I'm entitled to £2,923. I'm just confused at why it says 'N/A' in the requested box?

You need to make sure you've supplied all your financial details for your household ie your parents, as well as your course start date. If you already have, just give them a call to see what the situation is. Often they may not have received details, or not processed them yet (very common!)

either you're not entitled to it, you've not applied for it correctly based on parental income or it's a mistake (there was a mistake on mine where they had proposed giving me the wrong amount of grant and loan so it's not impossible) You can just ring them up (they may take 20/30 minutes to answer so bear this in mind, but they should be able to talk you through why you're getting that amount and/or check if there's an error.

Hope that helps

Both the loan and grant are designed to go towards rent and other living costs such as food.

You have to pay back a loan, but you don't pay back the grant money.

Either something has gone wrong or you accidentally clicked something wrong if it's saying N/A.