Thank you for your thorough response!
So, some specifics about my situation are as follows:
1. I am a US citizen
2. My only residence is now here in Oxford, UK (but if I need a US address for something I use my parents' in Illinois)
3. I began my program in Sept 2021, and prior to that I was living in New York and working as a self-employed actor, language tutor, and research assistant (I have always filed self-employed for taxes). My income for this previous year (2021) from self-employment is approximately $25k. In 2022 tax year, I will be a student full-time the entire year and will have limited to no additional income.
4. My UK program is a 3 year full-time PhD course, and I have a full scholarship that covers all my program tuition fees as well as providing a living expense stipend of approx. $21k annually. This tax year however I have not received any of the stipend, so my payments for that will begin in the 2022 tax year.
5. One additional note: in order to secure a student visa to begin my program, I paid roughly $4,000 in addition to many thousands in travel and moving expenses for school. I would like to see if that can be deducted somehow.
Happy to provide any more info, thank you so much!
