Turing Funding is available for hosted international activities that are 29 days or longer. Applications are now closed.Turing FundingTuring Scheme funding is available for international activities that meet the following criteria:Takes place outside of the UKTakes place entirely between (and including) 27 May and 31 August 2023Is 29 days or longer in duration (this excludes your travel dates)Is educational in some way, whether that be academically, professionally or personally, but it does not have to be related to your degree programmeIs hosted by or registered with a receiving organisation, such as a Higher Education Institution, or any public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, or volunteering. This means that a self-organised trip that is not formally hosted by an organisation would not be eligibleIs not also partially funded by Erasmus+ funding or other grants (*see below)If you intend to carry out your activity in multiple countries, you should only apply for this funding opportunity if you intend to spend at least 29 days in at least one of your intended destination countries. (For example, you would be eligible for this funding opportunity if you were doing a hosted activity in China for thirty days and then going to Cambodia for six days, but not if you were going to China and Cambodia for eighteen days each.)*If you are receiving other financial funding that is specific to your overseas activity, such as Erasmus+ or SEMP grants, we will not be able to provide Turing Scheme funding. Similarly, if you are receiving funding from your host country, institution or organisation (such as a scholarship, stipend or salary), it is your responsibility to check and inform SWAY whether any terms and conditions attached to this funding will make you ineligible to receive a Turing grant.How much will you be awarded?If you are selected, and successfully complete a risk assessment, you will receive the daily rate in the table below for the number of days your proposed activity takes place, based on which cost of living group your country destination falls under.Successful students will only receive funding for one country destination where their international activity is taking place for 29 days or more. If you are going to to another country for 29 days, either as part of the same activity or a different activity, you will only get funding for one country. Daily Rates Activities between 4 - 8 weeks Activities longer than 8 weeks Country Group: WP Students Non-WP Students WP Students Non-WP Students Country Group 1: £23.36 per day £19.47 per day £17.55 per day £13.63 per day Country Groups 2 & 3: £21.46 per day £17.46 per day £15.95 per day £12.05 per day *Please note that the official 2023 rates have not yet been released. Therefore, these rates are subject to change, but they will not change by much.Widening Participation students will also receive the following additional funding to be used towards travel. The following amounts are based on the distance between the host and destination:10 - 99 km: £20100 - 499 km: £165500 - 1,999 km: £2502,000 - 2,999 km: £3253,000 - 3,999 km: £4804,000 - 7,999 km: £7458,000 - 12,000 km: £90512,000 km+: £1,360*Additional funding is available to support students with special needs, so if you have additional costs associated with special needs, please detail this in your application.The applications team will work directly with the Widening Participation and Scholarships teams to determine who is eligible for Widening Participation (WP) additional funding. You are eligible for the WP rates in the table above if you meet at least one of the following criteria:Students with an annual household income of £25,000 or less (see below for information on how we assess your annual household income).Students receiving Universal Credit or income-related benefitsCare 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 seekersHow we assess your household incomeUK students:Students with either home (Scotland) or RUK tuition fee status are eligible for the additional support grant if your annual household income is £25,000 or less. We use the information provided by your student funding body to assess your eligibility for the additional support grant. Those students who received the highest grant as set out by the home funding body will be entitled to receive the additional support grant. Those students who fall into an income bracket which includes incomes above £25,000 will only be entitled to the grant if their assessment of income from the relevant funding body shows their annual household income is £25,000 or less. EU/EEA/International students: Students with EU or international tuition fee status (not classed as independent, see below for details) are eligible for the additional support grant if your annual household income is below the average annual wage of your country of origin. For further information about how we calculate this, please contact: goabroadprojects@ed.ac.uk.If you are an independent/self-supporting student with EU or international tuition fee status you will qualify for the additional support grant if your annual household income is £25,000 or less. This article was published on 2024-06-24
