The Official Funding questions/moans/possible joy Thread

Congratulations!! That’s amazing news! I’m hoping for the same result for the CHASE reserve😅

Hope you get good Chase news SOON! Do you have an option for internal scholarships?

Thank you! I’ve been told that 2 people from the reserve list have been given offers, so I’m now 1st reserve. But they are only waiting for 3 candidates to respond to their offers so I don’t know what my chances are
No, unfortunately there are no internal scholarships available for me. Plan B is to start part-time and try again next year.

I came off the SGSAH reserve list! Utterly delighted and totally shocked. If you were above me, othered, thank you for your wide net approach that got you accepted elsewhere 😆

Congratulations! See you in October at SGSAH induction event!

Hope you get good Chase news SOON! Do you have an option for internal scholarships?

I got it!!!🥳🥳

I got it!!!🥳🥳

Got an offer for a Masters at Cambridge, however funding has been stressing me out immensely. I come from a disadvantaged background, however the application forms I feel did not truly take this into account when I was filling them out. I have received no funding so far, with my chances looking very slim, and the college I was assigned to has zero funding options open to me, in comparison with many others which provide many financial need scholarships/bursaries. My home country also does not continue to provide the funding which I relied on heavily for my undergraduate study, which would make up precisely the difference I require since my masters is abroad. I've been told time and time again I just need to wait and see, but it's just so frustrating, I needed to get it out Rant over

I received notification yesterday that I’ve progressed to the second stage of the WROCAH application process. They say they have around 45 studentships. Does anyone know approximately how many applications reach this second stage?

Hi guys. Does anyone have any thoughts on the etiquette/standard practice for accepting PhD funding offers when you're still awaiting other outcomes?
This is my second year applying for (humanities/arts) funding after being unsuccessful last year: this time I applied for two AHRC DTPs, one specific university based scholarship and one GTA studentship (all at different institutions). One of the AHRCs and the university based scholarship have already rejected me in the early stages, but I've reached the final stage of shortlisting for CHASE doctoral funding (i.e. the institution nominated my application to the consortium) and I've been shortlisted & interviewed for the GTA studentship as well. I've been told I should find out the outcome of the GTA studentship interview any time from tomorrow onwards, but I know they won't confirm all CHASE placements until as late as 1st May.
I will take whatever funding I can get obviously since I'm pretty desperate to move & start my PhD at this point, and I'm not going to 'deal or no deal' it so if they made me a GTA offer with a strict timeframe to accept I'd take it gratefully even if that meant I was pre-rejecting any offer I might get from CHASE. I'm just wondering if anyone else has been in this sort of situation and how it's played out for them. It's my second time applying to the CHASE uni with the same supervisor and the research environment at that uni is ideal for my project so I feel a sense of loyalty to it and I'd feel really confident in my thesis there, but at the same time the GTA studentship would give me some extra benefits (free PGCert qualification, teaching/lecturing experience) and the uni is in a more affordable/familiar area for me, so there are pros and cons to both and I'm not totally sure which I'd pick if given a straight up choice. But I keep worrying about it a little anyway, even though the chances of both making me an offer are really slim haha

Birmingham M4C nomination, anyone? I'm gradually losing my mind...

If you do not mind my asking, what uni did you apply to for the CHASE funding? My university or supervisor hasn't informed me about either rejecting or shortlisting my doctoral project.
Also, I have been thinking of these problems too, as I have applied to three DTPs, and one of the unis is considering me for internal funding. My opinion is to take whatever comes your way first and reserve these doubts in case you end up with a second funding offer from somewhere else. (not sure if it helps)