Each year BUTEX awards sixteen scholarships to students studying abroad for either a semester or for a whole academic year.

Eight scholarships are available to UK students studying abroad in the USA or Canada and a further eight scholarships are available to North American students studying in the UK.

The value of each scholarship is £500 and will be paid to the winners once they have arrived and registered at their host university.

Applications will be accepted from January 2011 and the deadline for all applications will be the 31st May 2011. The application period for 2010 is now closed.