Hi all,

Put a post up on the prospective forum a few months back about the 'axa research fund' (http://researchfund.axa.com/en/research-funding/grants/), asking whether anyone had made an application for the PhD studentship. No replies unfortunately, anyone out there had any experience of their processes?

Should find out whether my prospective supervisor and I have been successful on Tuesday, fingers crossed.

Anyone applied to the AXA research fund?

http://www.axa.com/en/disclaimer/axaresearchfund/

Anyone made an application to the AXA research fund?

http://www.axa.com/en/disclaimer/axaresearchfund/

I have applied to various funders for a bursary to cover a three-year PhD in contingency planning, and, if successful, I am likely to recieve around £16,000. I'd like to ask you guys how such a sum of money is best managed? Specifically rather than have £16,000 in your current account what options do I have to make the money work for me? Are there any good savings accounts, easy access ISAa, bond schemes etc that any of you have used?