Funding opportunities

• You must be a current fully registered student here at the University of Essex.  You must still be registered during the time of the programme that you are requested funding for.
• The programme that you are requesting funding for must have a minimum duration of 14 days.
• Programmes must be completed by 31 August 2022. The programme must be approved by your academic department or Essex Abroad.
• Programmes must take place in person, and you must travel to the host country.
• You must not be a national of the country that you are visiting
• If you successful in your application, you will be asked to sign a grant agreement whereby you will formally accept your grant and acknowledge the obligations associated with its acceptance.

All students are welcome to apply for Turing Scheme funding, but priority will be based on the below:

• Personal statement
• Students who have not previously completed a period abroad at the University of Essex.
• In cases where the above does not allow us to make a decision, your first year mark and attendance record may be taken into consideration (if you are a first-year student - we will ask what year mark you are on track for).

Programmes can take place anywhere in the world and we have pre-approved funding for the following countries:

2021-22 Standard grant rates

2021-22 Enhanced grant rates for disadvantaged students (see guidance in section below on who will be considered)

Please note these are the maximum amounts allowed by the Turing Scheme. Actual amounts offered to University of Essex students will be subject to the funding available and other eligibility criteria that may need to be met.

Additional funding

Disadvantaged students may also receive the following:

• Travel grants of up to £1360, depending on distance between home and destination
• Additional travel expenses can also be claimed, including costs of visas, passports, and health insurance

Additional funding for SEND students

Up to 100% of actual costs for support directly related to additional needs. This funding will also cover preparatory visits to ensure participants will be able to equally access and take part in all elements of a placement.

*For details of countries in each group please see the Turing scheme website

The University of Essex and the Turing Scheme are committed to supporting all students to access international experiences and as such students from a disadvantaged background are eligible to additional costs related to their cost of living and travel costs.

Students from the following groups will be considered for additional funding:

• Students with an annual household income of £25,000 or less (as assessed and verified by Student Finance England or other UK student funding provider).
• Students receiving Universal Credit or income-related benefits because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them, such as a child or partner.
• Care leavers and students who are care-experienced. This refers to anyone who has been or is currently in care or from a looked after background at any stage of their life, no matter how short, including adopted children who were previously looked after or those who access the Care Experienced Bursary in Scotland.
• Students who have caring responsibilities. Caring responsibilities refers to a child or young person up to the age of 25 who provides (unpaid) care or intends to provide care for another person in, or outside of, the family home for someone who is physically or mentally ill, disabled, or misusing drugs or alcohol.
• Estranged Students where neither of the students’ parents can be found or it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them. 
• Refugees and asylum seekers

Please note as part of the application you will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility.

Applications are now formally closed, however we still have funding available.  We will be assessing applications on a case by case basis, so please contact us via stpabroad@essex.ac.uk to check your eligibility and to gain access to the application form link.

The Turing Scheme is new funding for 2021-2022 and it is not clear what will be available beyond this academic year, but do check back here for any updates.  

There are no maximum number of placements a single student can undertake. Therefore you can apply for funding for a summer abroad programme as well as being eligible for study abroad year funding or future summer programme funding. In this case, the durations of the placements must not overlap (as this would result in dual funding).  If you have any queries on this please contact us.

• Be ordinarily resident in the UK and assessed as “Home Fee Status”. Overseas and EU students are not eligible.
• Be participating in an overseas experience for a minimum of four weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks (28-84 days).
• Registered on a full-time undergraduate degree at our University (students completing their final year of their undergraduate degree will not be eligible).
• Passed all of your 1st year modules.
• Have an annual household income of less than £42,611 (as assessed and verified by Student Finance England or other UK student funding provider).
• Completed and submitted the application form by the deadline.
• Given consent to the sharing of financial details supplied by Student Finance England or other UK funding provider.
• Provide a letter of acceptance confirming your international activity.
• The destination country does not have an FCO travel warning in place.
• Applicants have completed the risk assessment for the placement (this document is part of the application process and will be supplied to you).
• Submit a certificate of attendance, signed and stamped by the host institution/organisation after you've completed your time away.

Applications are now open and will close on 02 June 2022.

Complete the application form making sure you have read the eligibility criteria. 

If you have any questions or issues with the form, please contact us eagrants@essex.ac.uk

The application form can be found here.

Usually, priority will be given to students who:

• have not participated in a programme abroad during their degree (i.e students currently not on a year abroad degree)
• are not recipients of a scholarship, bursary or grant from the programme provider or from a University Department to support the activity
• are not expected to be fundraising in order to participate in an activity

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