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Advice and Tips on Funding for Further Study and Volunteer Placements

Funding for Further Study and Volunteer Placements

Further Study Funding

It is often much easier to find a place on a programme than it is to secure funding. There are very few courses that automatically come with a guarantee of financial support. In the first instance contact the course to ascertain if there is funding available, and find out how previous students on the course funded themselves. There are also a number of charities, trusts and foundations which may award partial funding for study.

The Careers Service holds additional reference information on postgraduate funding sources at in the JobShop/Placement Base. Please feel free to come in and browse and continue your research online. No appointment is necessary.

Funding for postgraduate study is limited, more information can be found in the following links:

General:

CHIPFIX Database - Charitable Help for Individual People (available at the Careers Service)
Prospects - http://www.prospects.ac.uk/funding_my_further_study.htm
University of Dundee - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees_funding/funding_uk.htm
Bursaries, Awards & Competitions - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/careers/whatson
Scottish Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme (SORSAS) - http://www.sfc.ac.uk/research/SORSAS/sorsas.aspx http://www.sfc.ac.uk/research/SORSAS/sorsas.aspx

Trusts & Charities:

The Grants Register - available at the Careers Service or the University Library.
Directory of Grant Making Trusts - available at the Careers Service or the University Library.
University Grants (for undergraduates and prospective undergraduates) - http://www.unigrants.co.uk
The Educational Grants Directory (now has increased focus on funding for gap years and overseas voluntary work) http://www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk ; http://www.grantsonline.org.uk" Both subscription only websites. Hard copy available at University Library.
Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) will search the Register of Educational Endowments (a list of all educational trusts in Scotland) on your behalf - http://www.saas.gov.uk/_forms/ree1.pdf
Turn2Us - Our grants search contains a database of over 3500 charitable funds offering welfare and educational grants - http://www.turn2us.org.uk

Loans:

Career Development Loans - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/FinancialHelpForAdultLearners/CareerDevelopmentLoans/index.htm

Awards/Scholarships:

Fulbright - http://www.fulbright.co.uk/fulbright-awards

Funding for Voluntary Placements

University Grants (for undergraduates and prospective undergraduates) - http://www.unigrants.co.uk
The Educational Grants Directory (now has increased focus on funding for gap years and overseas voluntary work) http://www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk ; http://www.grantsonline.org.uk Both subscription only websites. Hard copy available at University Library.
Shell Personal Development Awards (�500) - http://www.shell.com/home/content/careers/students_and_graduates/
European Commission - for Europe only - http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc78_en.htm
Volunteer Scotland - http://www.volunteerscotland.org.uk - don't offer funding as such, but may be able to offer further advice on funding.
Approach organisations such as the Rotary Club, Round Table or Lions International - would expect recipient to give a presentation to the organisation on their return.
Approach City of London Livery companies (usually called 'The Worshipful Company of ...'). May be suitable if applicant has any relative working in the City of London or working in a trade or profession. Contact details for Companies can be found at http://217.154.230.195/NR/rdonlyres/4C7775D1-1050-4A4A-9919-3A2C4351228E/0/LH_LC_MelLiveryUpdate26102006.pdf

Voluntary Section Source: gathered by Marcus Zientek, Careers Adviser at University of Sheffield.

Updated: Summer 2011