Latest Funding News
05/03/2024 Did you know that many charities and trusts have a local basis? I.e. that they only make awards to students who live in certain localities? Sometimes these can be towns and cities, but sometimes they cover smaller areas, including ancient parishes! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/10/2023 The new version of the Alternative Guide Online, in development for three years, is now in its final testing phase. Stay turned for further announcements, but are very excited! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------15/06/2023 The GradFunding team have just completed workshops for 2022-23 academic year, including some physical workshops. We look forwards to delivering the next set of workshops in the new autumn term. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/04/2023 We have restarted our physical in-person postgraduate funding workshops, and we will also continue with our online webinars. We will be holding our next physical workshop at the University of Kent on the 18th April 2023. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/11/2022 Superb Henry Procter Choate scholarships, fully funding a study abroad year - at very genorous rates - at Harvard, Yale or Princeton Universities. Eligible for both Oxford and Cambridge students. Competition has recently opened. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/06/2022 Did you know that some charities and trusts distribute funds based on the trade or profession of your parents? For example, if your mother or father worked as a shopkeeper, travelling salesperson, carpenter etc? Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/04/2022 Did you know that your local library can be an invaluable source for hunting for charities? Books like the Grants Register, but also the myriad of more field-specific or local charity books, are also all very valuable. Some charities do not have websites, Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------07/03/2022 Our first physical PGR training workshop since the pandemic at Kent this week! We are very excited, but of course retain our new webinars too for customers that still want them (we think this will be quite a lot)! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/01/2022 Alternative Funding Guide mentioned on Classical Music Podcast 'Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' about funding for young musicians. Check it out! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------11/01/2022 Happy New Year for 2022 from Luke, Shuzhi, and the GradFunding Team! We're looking forwards to another very busy year full of talks, workshops, and webinars, and working with many thousands of students looking for alternative postgrad funding! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------09/08/2021 Sometimes great charities don't actually have websites! In 2021, this can surprise people. And remember that usually the more obscure a charity is, the better chance you have of winning funding from it (less competition!) Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/06/2021 Come to the end of an exceptionally busy 2020-21 academic year of postgrad funding webinars- we have done more than 100 this year! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/01/2021 Looking forwards to kicking off our webinars for the new term next week- with events at Coventry and LSE! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/09/2020 Crowdfunding Campaign: Support Natalie in her important research into climate change and polar ice caps. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/08/2020 We presented an alternative funding webinar to SOAS Research students yesterday. Great session. The first time we have had the pleasure of presenting there! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/07/2020 Featured Crowdfunding Campaign: Aga, raising funding for fees for a course on model making and animation at National Film and Television School. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/07/2020 New PDF Version of the Alterantive Guide published for 2020-21! See our Download Point when logged into the Guide to access it Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/05/2020 Covid-19 Hardship Fund for Historians announced by the Royal Historical Society. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------08/04/2020 New Student Story: Rachel. She had outstanding success raising alternative funding for an MA at the Royal College of Art! She was was one of our prize draw winners, winning £100! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/01/2020 New Student Story- Heather at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama had multiple charity award success to fund her Masters specialising in the Clarinet Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/01/2020 An excellent Crowdfunding Campaign: help Mercy Mwansa raise funding to study a PhD in Global Health at Leeds to treat non-communicable diseases in Zambia Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/12/2019 Wishing all students seeking funding for postgraduate study, and all of our university subscribers, a very happy 2020! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/12/2019 Dr. Luke Blaxill will be hosting a Postgraduate Funding Webinar at Southampton tomorrow (18th Dec) at 5pm aimed at Masters Students. You are welcome to attend for free! Just follow this link! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8511240749050211597 Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/11/2019 Alternative Guide Workshop coming to Edinburgh Napier on the 3rd December! We do workshops/talks/lectures everywhere in the UK! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------09/07/2019 New Student Story: Alex Fry- raised nearly £20,000 using the AGO at Durham! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/06/2019 New Student Story: Oliver raising £4000 for Marine Science Management at University of York Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/04/2019 New Student Story: Paul who raised funds to support research and conference costs at Loughborough! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------21/03/2019 Just presented at a one-day conference organised by the the UKGCE at University of Cambridge on widening participation in HE, and the role Alternative Funding can play in achieving this. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/03/2019 Funding Workshop today at University of Sheffield. Celebrating our tenth year of working with them! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/01/2019 We're proud to be doing our first ever RDP Funding Workshop at Coventry Doctoral School on Monday! A PGR student workshop in the morning, followed by a staff workshop in the afternoon. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/12/2018 We are doing two open days today: UCL with Dr. Shuzhi Zhou and Southampton with Dr. Luke Blaxill! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/09/2018 Prize Draw 2018 Award Winner Hanna, wins a cheque for £500 from us! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------11/07/2018 New Student Story - Maria - who raised funding to pay fees to support MSc in Wound Healing at Cardiff University Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/04/2018 New Student Story at University of Bristol, Alex Tapping, raised £2500 from two charities to support his Masters in Neuropsychology Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/01/2018 New Student Story: Agnes, international student raising funding for PhD in History at UCL Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/11/2017 New Student Story: Sam, raised a very substantial sum to support a PhD in Theology at University of Bristol! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/09/2017 Our team will be at the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference on the 11th September in Birmingham as a trade exhibitor. We are looking forwards to meeting staff involved in RDP Training and Resources, and to introducing those who have not Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------25/07/2017 New Student Story: Rose, who raised substantial funding to support travel and research at Reading. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/07/2017 Check out this awesome crowdfunding campaign: get David to Oxford! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/07/2017 New Student Story: Katie Funding from three charities to fund maintenence at Royal Northern College of Music! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/06/2017 New Student Story: Tilotama, funding for maintenence at Essex Uni! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/06/2017 New Student Story: Martha, who raised £6,000 through the ALternative Guide to fund her Masters at the LSE. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/05/2017 New Student Funding Story: Sristhi, NTU and Loughborough Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/03/2017 Luke Blaxill, director of the Alternative Guide, interviewed by the Guardian about postgrad funding. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------22/02/2017 New Student Story- Jakub, funding fees and maintenance at Cardiff University! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------05/01/2017 Happy New Year! New Student Story, Vicky, raised a large sum at Guildhall School Music and Drama Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/12/2016 New Student Story, Hailey, who is funding her PhD in History of Art at Glasgow using charities and the Alternative Guide Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------18/11/2016 Just talked to a great audience at Birmingham about research funding. Sheffield next week talking to undergrads about Masters/PhD Funding. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/10/2016 Postgraduate Funding Workshops coming up in the next fortnight in Huddersfield, Kent, Sussex. Never been more popular! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/09/2016 Alternative Guide Guest Article on the Complete University Guide! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/08/2016 New Student Story: Becki Neale raised over £12,000 with the Alternative Guide to support her PhD at Durham University. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------08/08/2016 52 Universities already confirmed as central subscribers for the 2016/17, making the Guide free for all students. Does your university subscribe? Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/06/2016 Check out our new section on Crowdfunding your postgraduate studies! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/05/2016 Hear Luke Blaxill, our director, talking about postgrad funding on this FindaMasters Video. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------28/05/2016 Major Summer updates coming very soon! Stay tuned! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------22/02/2016 New blog post from our team about the new Postgrad Loans System! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------05/02/2016 New Student Story: Rebecca, won funding with the Alternative Guide to support a PGCE! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------18/01/2016 Luke Blaxill our director in yesterday's Telegraph on the £45,000 he raised from charities during his PhD! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/11/2015 New Student Story! Roisin- won 20 charity awards! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------26/10/2015 New Student Story- Luke Blaxill, the lead author of the Alternative Guide, tells how he funded his PhD, for which he raised £45,000 from alternative sources. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/09/2015 New Student Story- Kez, crowdfunding for MRes in Biodiversity at UCL. Visit her crowdfunding campaign here https://hubbub.net/p/MRes4Kez Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------13/08/2015 New Student Story- Waseem. Raising funds for Physician's PGDip at Birmingham. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------29/07/2015 New Student Story Published: Julian. He has enjoyed greag success raising funding for fees and maintenance at the Royal Academy of Music! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------06/07/2015 New Student Story Published: Genevieve. She is crowdfunding to raise Masters funding, and has already raised over £2,000 towards fees! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------23/06/2015 New Student Story published- Lauren. Numerous awards for fees and maintenance! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------24/05/2015 New Student Story published today- Anita. Fees and Maintenance for Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration. Three charities for female students Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------19/05/2015 Workshop in Loughborough this morning- our first ever at this university. Great attendance and highly motivated students! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/04/2015 Recent workshops at Huddersfield, Queen Mary, Sussex. Gradfunding will also be appearing at KCL on the 30th April, at the Great Hall at 5pm. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------19/03/2015 New £25,000 loans for PhD students and research Masters announced in the budget. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------21/02/2015 Alternative Guide mentioned on Moneysavingexpert's Student Funding Guide- 'highly recommended by careers advisors' Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/02/2015 New Student Story uploaded to our Archive- Ashley, part-time MA in Philosophy Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/01/2015 Busy with workshops up and down the country! Kent, UCL, RCA, LSHTM, Sheffield, Huddersfield...! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------01/01/2015 A Happy New Year from Gradfunding and Jacob the Crow! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------16/12/2014 Alternative Guide article featured in NASMA's Christmas newsletter! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------04/12/2014 Lucy Atkinson - one of our start student fundraisers - speaks to the Telegraph about the new Postgraduate Loans system. Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------03/12/2014 £10,000 postgraduate loans system announced by the Chancellor. Exciting times in the postgrad funding world. Details to come... Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------02/12/2014 Will the Chancellor announce a new scheme of postgrad loans tomorrow? The postgrad funding world waits with baited breath! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------11/11/2014 Have you liked our facebook page? We sometimes post interesting funding updates there. So go on- you know you want to! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------07/11/2014 Shuzhi Zhou spoke to a packed audience at Essex's Postgraduate Open Day on alternative funding! Fancy a talk at your university's open day? Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------30/10/2014 Our director Dr. Luke Blaxill spoke at FindaPhd Live at Oxford on Tuesday. Huge audience, students v.engaged. Then 4 hours of questions... Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------27/10/2014 GSM London's article about secret funding options for students! The Alternative Guideis is amongst their featured organisations! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------20/10/2014 The Alternative Guide has been featured by the Brilliant Club. Our guest blogger Lucy Atkinson wrote this blog on her funding story! Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/09/2014 All you need to do to promote the Alternative Guide Online is link to our Gateway URL: www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway . Read more...
-------------------------------------------------------------------17/09/2014 This new section shares stories of a number of students who have been successful with raising funding to support their studies. Read more...
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