--- title: "Financial aid" description: "Loans, bursaries, assistantships and the funding routes that are not scholarships. Every factual claim is checked against official sources before publication." url: "https://worldwide-scholarships.com/topics/financial-aid/" type: "website" --- # Financial aid Loans, bursaries, assistantships and the funding routes that are not scholarships. 4 articles - [Financial aid](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/topics/financial-aid/) ### [Funding for Agriculture and Food Science Degrees: Where the Money Actually Is](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/funding-for-agriculture-and-food-science-degrees-where-the-money-actually-is/) Real funding for agriculture, agronomy and food science degrees, and which well-known programmes fund a degree versus only sounding like they do. 22 Sept 2026 · 5 min read · 5 sources - [Financial aid](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/topics/financial-aid/) ### [Funding a PhD: How the Money Actually Works](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/funding-a-phd-how-the-money-actually-works/) Why 'funded PhD' rarely means a scholarship: how US assistantships, UK UKRI studentships, EU MSCA doctoral contracts and the NSF GRFP actually pay doctoral students. 31 Aug 2026 · 8 min read · 5 sources - [Financial aid](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/topics/financial-aid/) ### [Is Your Scholarship Taxable? What the Tax Rules Actually Say](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/is-your-scholarship-taxable-what-the-tax-rules-actually-say/) The Australian Taxation Office, the IRS, HMRC and the Canada Revenue Agency treat scholarship income differently. Here is what each says directly about when a scholarship is exempt and when it is not. 28 Aug 2026 · 9 min read · 8 sources - [Financial aid](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/topics/financial-aid/) ### [Funding Routes That Are Not Scholarships](https://worldwide-scholarships.com/funding-routes-that-are-not-scholarships/) Loans, assistantships, sponsorship and work rights: the funding that fills the gap when a scholarship covers part of your studies, or none of it. 6 Aug 2026 · 5 min read