ive been thinking about this a lot lately as my sup seems to think lab work will finish at the three year point (no earlier) and then i will write up after this and do additional expeirments if needed. he also seems to think this will be full time and i wont be working... for me this is financially impossible!! how have others funded this period?

Hi shelleyanne, have a look at this thread where we've discussed it before. I hope it will be useful.

http://www.postgraduateforum.com/showmessage.asp?thread=6204&cat=4&keyword=4th&newview=1&stype=TM&category=0