PhD support

rightkeysonly
rightkeysonly Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited January 11 in Education and skills

Hey everyone,

I have just been accepted to do a PhD and I wondered if anyone had any advice on sourcing funding support (that isn’t student loans).

The research project will investigate the experiences of Disabled artists working within the music industry of Wales and the potential barriers to diversifying representation.

As someone with Erbs Palsy and ADHD, I never thought it would be possible to receive an opportunity like this. So any advice would be much appreciated :)

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  • Relinn
    Relinn Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener

    what is it you need help funding?

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 721 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @rightkeysonly Congratulations on the acceptance to do your PHD. That's fantastic news 😊

    I've found a website that might be helpful. There are a list of funders and the types of projects that they support.

    Foundation Funding For Disability Projects & Grants for Accessibility & Disabled People

    I hope you can find an organisation out of the list that suits your particular research project.

    Best wishes,

    Holly.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,189 Championing

    yeah a big congratulations on being accepted to do a PHD. What are you studying and what uni are you studying at?

  • rightkeysonly
    rightkeysonly Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener

    Hey everyone, thank you for your messages! I am going to be studying at the University of South Wales, Cardiff, and my course is PHD (music and sound).

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,189 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/961394#Comment_961394

    That sounds cool good luck

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,695 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Heya @rightkeysonly and a belated welcome to the community from me too! I can see Holly has already dropped some useful links, but I just wanted to say hi to a fellow music student. 😁

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,189 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/961743#Comment_961743

    oh did you study music I never knew that about you

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,695 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Yes indeed @durhamjaide2001 I studied "Contemporary and popular musics" majoring in bass guitar and drums for 2 years. 😊

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,189 Championing

    cool did you enjoy it?

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,695 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I did indeed! But this discussion isn't about me, so let's focus on @rightkeysonly and their questions, the PhD sounds really exciting. 😊

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Online Community Member Posts: 243 Pioneering
    edited January 2

    It's a good idea to see whether the school you've been accepted to has any kind of scholarship, bursary or funding opportunities you can apply for. This may not be disabled specific - I had a full scholarship for the first three years of my PhD, so only had to pay for the writing up year, which I was able to do with GTA teaching. (After that COVID happened, though, so I don't know what has changed).

    Also look at the kind of scholarships available in your field. It is worth checking your school's website to see if there are any funding allowances specifically for disabled applicants but I think this is less likely unless you meet some other criteria (some schools have bursaries for people on low incomes, etc).

    Disabled Student Allowance is also something you can apply for - it won't help cover the costs of the PhD itself but it may help with other costs/support/equipment you need for your study course. PhD students are absolutely entitled to claim this - I used mine to pay towards my university laptop and an on site autism mentor who helped me with forms and other complicated academic stuff. Make yourself known to the school disability office as well. I was lucky in that my university had an amazing one and I had the best disability officer for the time I was there - hopefully you'll have the same experience :) It's worth contacting them ahead of time - mine was instrumental in helping me apply for the DSA and other things (I did my MA at the same university, and they helped me ahead of that). They might be able to give you specific advice about funding options.

    Many many congratulations on being accepted for your PhD! Even though I'm not currently able to use mine, the experiences it gave me over the four years were invaluable and I would not change them, not even the tough times.

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