FUNDING


YOUR STUDIES IN TROUBLED ECONOMIC TIMES


With talk of the global


recession, mounting debts and bank collapses dominating the daily news, is there really a chance that you will find funding for a Masters or PhD degree in the coming year?


Funding stays the same


The reality is that for most international students the same amount of funding is available to them for graduate study as there was a year ago. In fact, universities around the world have recognised that more students are likely to consider returning to grad school as a means of shelter from the difficult international labour market and supporting these students is likely to be a key factor in securing the most talented graduate applicants. The seven UK funding bodies, for example the Economic and Social Research and the Science and Technology Facilities Councils, are committed to fund at least the same number of students in 2009/10 and 2010/11 as they did in 2008/2009.


Continued investment in large scholarship schemes


Many of the large-scale scholarship programs, such as those offered by the World Bank, or national government schemes, such as the Australian Endeavour Awards, the


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