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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£6,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
When Mrs Nan Powell Hodges, an American from Seattle, Washington decided to establish the Lydon Hodges Fund, she committed to being the founding donor for annual bursaries to scholars starting out on their postgraduate research journey.
Benefits
£6,000 per year is awarded to postgraduate research students, with individual bursaries being typically £2,000 each. Individual sums awarded are at the discretion of panel members, although would be no less than £1,000.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you will need to meet all of the criteria below:
Applied for a full or part time postgraduate research course in the 2025-26 academic year, inclusive of:
- DBA
- DPsych
- Masters by Research
- MPhil
- PhD
Be accepted on to a USW postgraduate research course, with entry being in the current forward academic year (e.g. 2025-26)
Graduated from the University of South Wales with an undergraduate degree or successfully completed/due to complete a University of South Wales taught Postgraduate Course.
Be a UK resident. Note this is not a limitation by nationality, only residence and as such, applicants should hold a UK postal address at the time of applying to the course.
Be entirely self-funding your course.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
30 Apr 2027
Applicants must submit a short summary of approximately 500 words outlining why they feel entry to a postgraduate research course will be beneficial to them – personally or professionally, and how they will be approaching their studies.