About the scholarship

This scholarship is to help fund overseas study, work or volunteer experiences that are related to your academic or career development. Your chosen activity should help you develop new skills. 

You can use this scholarship if you find your own international opportunity. You cannot use this funding if you are applying to a University of Bristol partner summer programme.

Scholarship amounts

There are 50 Summer Abroad Scholarships available, worth up to £500 each. 

Eligibility criteria

You are eligible to apply if you meet all of the following criteria:

• you are an undergraduate student*
• you will be spending at least 2 weeks working, volunteering or studying abroad
• your international activity is taking place before the end of your course (i.e before June of your final year) 
• you are using the scholarship for an international experience that is not funded or supported by Bristol Abroad
• your international activity is not in your home country

We will give priority to applicants who:

• are not on a degree programme that includes a semester or year abroad
• have not participated in another Bristol Abroad activity, such as a short-term programme

If you have received a Summer Abroad Scholarship or Knowlson Trust Travel Award in the past, you may not apply again. 

*We aim to support a wide range of students and activities. To achieve this, where we receive more applications than we have scholarships available, we will award no more than 50% of total scholarships to medical, veterinary and dental students for electives / clinical placements. 

Successful applicants

Before you start

To receive your scholarship, you will need to: 

• provide the Bristol Abroad team with proof of participation, such as an acceptance letter
• agree to a set of terms and conditions 

If you are unable to complete your planned activity, you will need to repay the scholarship to the University.

When you finish

Within four weeks, you will need to complete a feedback form and provide a reflection or summary of your experience. This can be:

• a written summary (min. 300 words, max. 500 words)
• a blog or blog post
• a vlog
• a video
• a captioned photo collection (min. 8 photos, max 20 photos)
• any combination of the above

These should be sent to summer-abroad@bristol.ac.uk

How to apply

You can apply for the Summer Abroad Scholarship or Knowlson Trust Travel Award by completing the online application form below. You may be asked to choose your organisation (University of Bristol comes up on dropdown list)

The application form will ask you what activity you would like to fund, and your motivation for choosing this activity. 

You do not need to have your activity confirmed in order to apply for the funding.

Apply here

Deadline

There are several deadlines to apply for funding:

• Sunday 28 January 2024 (11.59pm)
• Sunday 25 February 2024 (11.59pm)
• Sunday 31 March 2024 (11.59pm)
• Sunday 28  April 2024 (11.59pm)

You will receive the outcome of your application 2 weeks after the deadline that you apply for.