Hello all, I am starting on the hunt for a PHD scholarship and would really like to speak to a person rather than trawl through websites looking for answers, can any one recommend a site or organisation that I can speak to about where to start??

My question is:
I would like to study part in the UK and part in the US, where can I find a PHD programme in Education that would allow me to do this with a potential scholarship?

Any advice welcome as I am swimming in information...

You are in luck - grants of £6000 per year (+£2500 emergency funding) are available to women studying a PhD in the UK http://ffwg.org.uk/

Good luck with your studies :)

hi Lot_Tea
I recommend www.findaphd.com because that's where I found my phd.
Alternatively look at jobs.ac.uk under "phd".

best of luck
love satchi

My PhD is structured as 2 years in the UK and 1 year in the US.

Are you sure you want to put yourself through this change in institution though?? It's hard!

My PhD was already structured like this (and to be honest, there's no point in it being this way), because one year is funded by the US Department of Agriculture. I think it will be difficult to get split funding like this yourself, so I agree with Satchi: you're better off looking for PhDs that already have funding from a UK university, so on findaphd.com.

You could also try the Fulbright website and apply for a US scholarship through that.

Many thanks for the replies, I am hoping to conduct part of my research as a comparative in the states and possibly Europe building on my Masters work, the Fulbright appears to offer an option for people to visit or exchange with another student which might be a good option, I had not really considered that it might be difficult getting to grips with another institution so many thanks for the Advice "Tree ofLife"

Hi Lot_Tea,

Some time since you posted this, but during my UK PhD, I spent over a year (14 months) in the USA.

Yes, I echo that. I found my project on findaphd.com. I knew what field of biochemistry I wanted to specialise in, and I added "USA" into the search field... and the rest is history. Yes, the jobs.ac.uk site is also packed with studentships, so definitely worth a look.




I think that is a very important consideration as well. My project was entirely funded by my UK institution. But as TreeofLife said, it's hard. You have to find somewhere to live, settle in to a new working environment and get to know all the new people. The initial homesickness was quite debilitating, which completely took me by surprise. Plus time organising, getting visa, etc, etc. I also ended up living in five separate places (!) and got no meaningful assistance with that. It all adds up!

The biggest problem I had in reality, is that the agreement between my UK supervisors and guest overseer in the USA amounted to little more than a gentleman's agreement. In the event, the guy didn't really want me there... until he realised I'm a smart cookie and could make a huge contribution to running and advising the rest of his group in his [usual] absence.

My advice would be to think about this very carefully and if you find a project offering you this chance, go into just how much is already in place, how much meaningful support, etc., you'll get.

Having said that, I think the experience I had was invaluable and ultimately, hugely rewarding.