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The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) Scholarship Programmes 2022
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) invites applications from citizens of CARICOM member countries and CCRIF member countries in the Caribbean for scholarships to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes for study at Caribbean and international universities in hazard/disaster related disciplines such as disaster risk management (DRM), disaster risk financing, natural resources management, risk management, climate change, civil with environmental engineering, actuarial science, meteorology, and other similar areas.
Postgraduate Scholarship
The following scholarships for postgraduate study are being offered:
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1 Extra-Regional Scholarship
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Value: up to US$40,000
Students must be admitted to a university in the United Kingdom, United States or Canada for study in areas related to DRM, Climate Change, Environment, Engineering, Actuarial Science etc.
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6 Caribbean Scholarships
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Value: up to US$11,000 each
Students must be admitted to: University of the West Indies; University of Technology, Jamaica; Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica); University of Guyana; University of Suriname; or University of Trinidad and Tobago in areas similar to the extra-regional scholarship
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Details are available at: https://www.ccrif.org/scholarship
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Undergraduate Scholarship
The following undergraduate scholarships tenable at The University of the West Indies through the CCRIF-UWI Scholarship Programme:
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4 undergraduate scholarships per year to cover 2nd and final year
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· Value 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.
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These scholarships are administered by The University of the West Indies.
Details are available at: https://www.ccrif.org/ccrif-uwi-scholarship
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For additional information on these three programmes please email: technicalassistance@ccrif.org.
The application deadline for the above-mentioned scholarships is no later than June 1, 2022.
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