Raising the funds to attend LIYSF can seem like a big job, but each year many students are successful and manage to self-fund their attendance to LIYSF. There are ways to get funding and we can help you along the way with tips, advice and invitation letters to help with your search.
Please note, we are unable to offer funding to students, unless we receive sponsorship ourselves from scientific organisations, charities or companies. Please do not apply to LIYSF for funding to attend.
Top tips
- Start early – the sooner you start the better
- Get an official invitation letter from us to help with your search
- Try a few different options at the same time
- Expect to raise the money from a few different places, maybe ask for contributions
- Consider presenting a project at our poster-board event, the Science Bazaar – this means you are presenting your work to an international audience
- Consider a crowdfunding appeal
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is sponsorship by a crowd of many donors, each making an individual, small donation in return for a small reward, like a t-shirt or a project poster. It works really well for students because there are large groups of people who want to see your projects succeed, like alumni, friends, and family.