CCRIF SPC Postgraduate Scholarship Programme Guidelines
2022
For 2022, CCRIF will provide up to seven scholarships for students pursuing a Masters or an MBA programme in a number of pre-identified areas related to disaster risk management (see eligibility criteria) as follows:
- 6 scholarships for study at the following accredited universities in the Caribbean: The University of the West Indies; University of Technology, Jamaica; Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica); University of Guyana; University of Suriname; and University of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1 scholarship for study at a university in the United Kingdom, United States or Canada
Eligibility
Scholarship recipients must be citizens of CARICOM member or associate member countries and/or CCRIF member countries in the Caribbean (The CCRIF Scholarship Programme is not available to CCRIF member countries in Central America.)
University |
Eligible Programmes |
University of the West Indies |
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University of Guyana |
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University of Technology, Jamaica |
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Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica) |
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University of Trinidad and Tobago |
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University of the Commonwealth Caribbean |
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Eligible programmes at universities in the UK, USA and Canada include one-year Masters-level courses in the following areas:
- Disaster Risk Financing
- Disaster Risk Management
- Risk Management and/or Modelling
- Climate Change/Climate Studies
- Civil with Environmental/Climate Engineering
- Actuarial Science
- Meteorology
- MBA with a major in risk management and/or insurance or a related field (Please specify below)
Online programmes also are eligible for these scholarships. Eligible online programmes include two-year part-time programmes.
Applicants must be holders a bachelor’s degree with a GPA of at least 3.0 in an area related to disaster risk management, environmental management, geography/geology, engineering, actuarial science, or a related discipline. Preference may be given to candidates who have some work or volunteer experience in a related field.
The scholarships are valued up to US$11,000 each for Caribbean universities and up to US$40,000 for universities outside of the region and are specifically for those applicants who have gained admission to a Masters level programme or an MBA programme fitting the eligibility criteria presented above.
Preference will be given to persons with supporting nominations from publicly-funded (government) national or regional agencies whose mandates are specific to risk management, disaster risk modelling, disaster risk management, meteorology, climate change, civil with environmental engineering or environmental management.
In the event that the CCRIF scholarship does not cover the total cost of attendance for a specified programme of study, the candidate will be required to demonstrate the availability of support funding to cover the entirety of the programme being considered.
Conditions
Registration |
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CCRIF Scholarship Agreement |
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Bonding |
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Thesis Topic |
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Academic Performance |
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Withdrawal |
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Applications must be submitted using the online application form no later than June 6, 2022.
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.
Applications must be submitted using the online application form no later than June 6, 2022.
For additional information or for clarification, please email: technicalassistance@ccrif.org
