Scholarships for Students in the NCCs

Please note that all information given here should be checked with the appropriate registry or other agency responsible for the award.

There are a good number of scholarships for study at UWI and at other universities which are open to Caribbean students without any territorial restriction. So, for instance, at Cave Hill students from the NCCs are eligible for the awards listed below. There will be similar open scholarships at the other campuses. Information on all these is available from the campus registries. Similarly, students from any Caribbean country may apply for such awards as the WIGUT (Cave Hill) Travel Bursaries which give some help for specific activities. Again, details are available at the campuses.

The University awards a small number of University Open Scholarships and more University Bursaries on the basis of performance in the annual University Scholarship Examination - results here are also used to award several privately funded scholarships. Students in the NCCs should note that a proportion of the Open Scholarships is reserved in the first instance for students from the NCCs, although there is also a minimum required score on the examination.

National Governments control the award of scholarships funded by several sources. Application should be made to the relevant Government Training Division.

On this page we only list non-governmental awards for which eligibility is restricted to students from some or all of the NCCs. Given Cave Hill's special relationship with the OECS NCCs, most awards are at and administered by Cave Hill. Application forms and more information are available from the Cave Hill Student Affairs, Records Section.

Awards at UWI

The Anthony & Joy Bland Scholarship, open to Caribbean nationals reading for the LLB degree - must have completed Level I. The award is worth BDS$3,000 - $5,000.00 per annum - Available 2007
The East Caribbean Group of Companies Scholarship. This one year award is open to nationals of OECS countries to read for a degree in any discipline. The value is US$1,000.00. - Available 2007
The Edmund Cohen Scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to Barbadian and OECS nationals registered in the School of Clinical Medicine and Research or in Energy-related studies. This is a two-year award, worth BDS$6,000 per annum, advertised on campus.
The Ernst & Young Scholarship, open to nationals Caribbean nationals registered in specified Accounting, Management, Economics and Computer Science Level II programmes. This award is worth BDS$6,000.00 - Available 2007
The FirstCaribbean International Bank Scholarships: Offered to students at any campus of the University of the West Indies in any discipline. There are 15 scholarships at US$2,500 each for one year (1) and three (3) are offered to nationals of the OECS territories. Available 2007
The Goddard Enterprises Scholarship, tenable at any campus and open to Barbadian and OECS nationals registered in Level II/III in Accounting, Computer Science, Business Administration, Agriculture or Engineering. This is a two-year award, worth BDS$5,000 per annum, advertised on campus - available 2008.
The Herman C. Stoute Memorial Scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to non-Barbadian Caribbean nationals. This is a three-year award, worth US$1,500 per annum, advertised on campus; available 2007.
The Mendes/Boyd Scholarship (formerly UWI Canadian Alumni), available to CARICOM nationals in penultimate or final year in any Faculty. - This award is worth CAN$1,000.00 - Available in 2007.
The Patterson Cheltenham Q.C. Scholarship, tenable at Cave Hill Campus, is opened to nationals of any Caribbean country who have gained admission to the University, to read for a degree in Law. This is a three-year award worth BDS$5,000 per annum.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to nationals of Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, or Trinidad and Tobago majoring in Business Studies. This is a three-year award, worth BDS$5,000 per annum, advertised on campus - available 2008.
The Richard Cheltenham Q.C. Scholarships, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to nationals of Barbados and countries of the OECS who have gained admission to the University, to read for a degree in the Faculty of Law or the Faculty of Social Sciences. This is a three-year award worth BDS$3,500 per annum - available 2007.
The Sagicor Life Inc. (1) scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to nationals of Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, or Trinidad & Tobago majoring in Business Studies. This is a three-year award, worth BDS$5,000 per annum, advertised on campus - available 2008.
The Sagicor Life Inc. (2) scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to Trinidadian and some OECS nationals registered in Computer Science and Management Studies options. This is a three-year award, worth BDS$5,000 per annum, advertised on campus - available in 2008.
The Scotia Bank (EC) Scholarships, tenable at any campus and open to OECS nationals registered in any discipline. These are three-year awards, worth EC$15,000- EC$20,000 per annum, advertised on Campus.
The Sol Group Scholarship, tenable at the Cave Hill Campus and open to Nationals of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and Carriacou, St. Kitts/Nevis, Dominica and BVI, reading for a degree majoring in Accounting, Computer Science or Management Studies. This award is worth BDS$5,000 per annum - Available 2007
The UWI Alumni Association (B’dos Chapter) Book Award, available each Semester to CARICOM nationals pursuing a degree in any Faculty in the Level II or III programme; must be active in extra-curricular activities on Campus. This award is worth BDS$350.00.

Award for Grenadian students

The National Commercial Bank in Grenada gives one scholarship every year to a Grenadian student who is about to enter Level II of a Social Science Degree Programme at any of the three campuses. Preference is given to students who have completed Level I in the Distance Education Programme. The Scholarship is worth EC$ 15,000 per year. This scholarship is advertised only in Grenada, and applications are submitted through the University Centre - Grenada, where application forms are available.

Awards tenable elsewhere

The Cora Hodge Memorial/FCO Chevening Scholarship, tenable at the University of Hull, for a one-year taught Masters programme, and restricted to students from the Leeward Islands.

Other Assistance

At Cave Hill, the academic staff union, WIGUT Cave Hill, awards five bursaries annually (one for each Faculty in the first instance) to students going on "Study Abroad" to other institutions or to other campuses of the UWI. These bursaries are open to all full-time students on campus and are currently worth Bds$1000. Application is made through the Registry when applying to go on study abroad.

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Prepared 15th May, 1998, last revised June 5th, 2007.

URL: http://cavehill.uwi.edu/bnccde/docs/scholarship.html