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Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding

The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Online

Need Postgraduate Funding?

Did you know that you can get funding for PhD from ALTERNATIVE SOURCES like Charities and Trusts to help with you Masters or PhD?  These include grants to help pay for fees, maintenance, research, conferences and final-year PhD writing-up.  The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding is a web resource all about these ALTERNATIVE sources.  Because Northumbria University subscribes to it, it's FREE to use via the website.

Key Features of the Alternative Guide

  • Funding Database of nearly 1,000 charities
  • Comprehensive guidance written by real students
  • Personal Statement and Financial Statement Assistants
  • Featured in the Guardian, Independent, New Scientist and Sky News
  • FREE to use for students at this university!

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