Funding opportunities

Overview of funding

For summer 2025 the following funding is available. You can find out more by checking the information within the scholarship finder, links are located within this page.

• Turing Scheme funding - support towards your living and travel costs from £12 per day, for programmes of 28 days or more.
• Summer Travel Grants - Travel grants of £250, £500 and £1,000 to support you with your international experience.
• International Experience Bursary - Bursaries of up to £1,000 to support students from lower income backgrounds.
• Essex Crowdfunding CLICK - a way to raise money for your international experience, supported by the CLICK team. Allow around 3-4 months to complete your CLICK project before your time abroad.
• Travel insurance - free of charge and required for all students who receive funding via Essex Abroad. We will contact you regarding insurance if you are receiving funding via Essex Abroad.

University of Essex Travel insurance

University of Essex Travel insurance and medical insurance is compulsory to take part in any of our Essex Abroad programmes that you have received funding for and must be in place prior to travel. We recommend that you apply for travel insurance as soon as you know you are going abroad. Hospital and medical bills can be a significant cost, even for minor problems, so it is essential that you have adequate and appropriate cover. 

More about our University of Essex travel and medical insurance

The University of Essex provides comprehensive travel and medical insurance cover for your time abroad.  Please note there is no cost for University of Essex travel insurance, it is free of charge for all students who are studying, volunteering or interning abroad as part of their University of Essex programme. The insurance is a comprehensive travel cover which includes cover for most medical emergencies. It does not cover personal possessions, personal holidays or routine healthcare. You will need to purchase your own insurance for this.

The travel insurance won’t cover medical expenses whilst in the home nation as other arrangements should be in place. E.g. NHS in the UK.

The travel insurance also excludes hazardous activities which are not part of your studies.

Please visit our preparing to go abroad webpages to get advice around accessing healthcare in the European Union via an EHIC or GHIC card.

Essex Crowdfunding - CLICK

Click is the University of Essex crowdfunding platform. Crowdfunding is funding a project or venture by raising lots of small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.

Donation-based crowdfunding is asking a group to donate to your project in exchange for tangible, non-monetary ‘rewards’ such as an e-card, postcard or social media shout outs.

The University of Essex will match your funds – for every £1 raised, we will give you £1 (up to a maximum £250).

Visit the dedicated CLICK webpages to find out more and get started.