With time running out before the December deadline students are in danger of missing out on tens of thousands of pounds of funding.

Every year the University makes nearly £50,000 of philanthropic funding from donations available through various different schemes to pay for projects and events that students want.  But due to ever growing time pressures that students now face every day hardly anyone has had the time to fill in the necessary application forms.

“I am worried that this could mean that much loved student events and projects will not take place this year” said third year drama student Aleksander Angelov.

“Even though the forms are available online two huge tranches of money may go unspent this year”, said Alex Perkins from The University Development Office. There is £40,000 up for grabs for Student Projects and another £10,000 in match funding for Crowdfunding – but with just weeks to go before the Student Projects deadline passes very few groups, schools and societies have submitted funding requests.”

Last year projects that received tens of thousands of pounds in funding from the Student Projects Scheme included The Poetry Slam. Kent Africa Summit and TEDx.

To get your Student Project funded search “Student Projects” on the Kent website or crowdfunding@kent