The passage places the mechanics of writing a proposal inside the unequal conditions of postgraduate access. A university telephone process repeatedly ended when the applicant disclosed dyslexia, and the outcomes of a major research-council competition showed a troubling pattern among four colleagues. The account describes those experiences without claiming documentary proof of motive. Searching the full funding list then uncovered a specialist scheme whose eligibility matched his family circumstances, providing an alternative route after the conventional application failed.
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Disability barriers in postgraduate applications and funding
Apparent discrimination around dyslexia during PhD applications and funding leads into an account of how a less obvious eligibility route kept the research possible.