CCRIF-UWI Scholarships

CCRIF-UWI Scholarships

CCRIF-UWI Undergraduate Scholarships 2024

CCRIF is offering scholarships to students entering their second of three years in any of the following undergraduate programmes of study:

Mona Campus:

  • Faculty of Science and Technology for a major in Geography, Applied Geography, GeoSciences, Geology, or Environmental Chemistry
  • Faculty of Humanities and Education for a major in Geography
  • Faculty of Engineering for a degree in Civil Engineering

 

Cave Hill Campus:

  • Faculty of Science and Technology for a degree in Environmental Science
  • Faculty of Science and Technology for a degree in Meteorology

 

St. Augustine Campus

  • Faculty of Engineering for a degree in Civil with Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty of Engineering for a degree in Land Management
  • Faculty of Food and Agriculture for a major in Geography
  • Faculty of Food and Agriculture for a degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Management
  • Faculty of Food and Agriculture for a degree in Disaster Risk Resilience in Agriculture and the Environment
  • Faculty of Social Sciences for a special management studies degree in Insurance and Risk Management


Each scholarship is valued at US$4,000 per year (2nd and final year). Students must apply at the end of their 1st year. Students must be registered at one of the UWI campuses and pursuing select degrees related to DRM, civil engineering, geography, geology, environmental management etc. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.0 at the end of 1st year and this must be maintained during their 2nd and 3rd years.

Applications must be submitted using the online application form by JUNE 15, 2024.

Important

* Denotes a mandatory field - your submission will not be accepted until all such fields are complete.

  • Please affix your name to the documents to be uploaded. For example: JohnBrown_Application Form.ext
  • Names of the uploaded documents must match their contents.

For additional information or for clarification, please email: technicalassistance@ccrif.org 

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CCRIF-UWI Scholarship Guidelines

All applicants must submit via the CCRIF-UWI scholarship online platform:

  • A complete application form (click here)
  • An essay based on the prompt provided in the application form
  • A curriculum vitae
  • Copy of up-to-date transcript
  • Proof of citizenship (copy of passport or national identity document with valid dates)
  • Passport-size photograph


Applicants must also provide the following letters of reference:

  • Two reports from academic referees at the university level attesting to the applicant’s academic ability and potential


Referees must submit these letters of reference to the following email address: ccrif-uwi-scholarshipapplications@ccrif.org.

  • The subject line of the email must include the name of the scholarship applicant.
  • The reference report must be in an attachment and the filename must include the name of the scholarship applicant.
  • Emails will be accepted only from organizational email addresses – i.e. emails from google, hotmail, yahoo etc. addresses will not be accepted.
  • The reference reports must be submitted no later than June 22, 2024 (note that this is after the scholarship application deadline).


Applicants must ensure that referees submit the reports by the deadline.

The above guidelines and additional information can be viewed in the Guideline Document (PDF)

About CCRIF SPC

CCRIF SPC is a segregated portfolio company, owned, operated and registered in the Caribbean.

 

It limits the financial impact of catastrophic hurricanes, earthquakes and excess rainfall events to Caribbean and Central American governments by quickly providing short-term liquidity when a parametric insurance policy is triggered.

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