Funding

Many ways to fund your ideas

You can access both internal and external sources for R&D funding with STACIE. Depending on how advanced your research is, you'll be matched with the support that’s right for you. And you’ll get help to write your proposal and advice about compliance and reporting post award.

Get in touch and find all the support you need to action your ideas.

Internal funding

At The UWISTA, researchers can access funding from their faculties, the School of Graduate Studies or two Funds managed by STACIE. Contact your Faculty Dean or read on to learn more.

The Research & Development Impact (RDI) Fund

As a fulltime academic staff member of UWISTA you benefit from The UWI Trinidad and Tobago Research and Development Impact (RDI) Fund. It supports projects that address pressing development challenges. Projects that will achieve recognisable and substantive impact within 3-5 years.

Emphasis is placed on:

multi-disciplinary research
collaboration and strategic partnerships
participation of PhD students and/or post-doctoral researchers
focus on research-directed action
impact on policy, practice, products and services
contribution to shaping the intellectual discourse on a policy issue of national or regional importance
knowledge dissemination and stakeholder engagement

Apply to the RDI Fund

The Innovation & Technology Transfer (ITT) Fund

If your idea is close to commercialisation, you can apply to the UWISTA Innovation and Technology Transfer (ITT) Fund. You’ll get grant funding to accelerate the development of intellectual property (IP). That means ideas, technologies, know-how and inventions from ALL fields of research that can be commercialised or licensed.

Leap over the ‘Valley of Death’ and get funding to bridge the gap between your initial research and when you're ready for commercial investment.

The IP that forms the basis of the application must be owned or co-owned by The UWI and is subject to the UWI’s IP disclosure process.

Apply to the ITT Fund

The Campus Research & Publication Fund

Apply for seed funding through the Campus Research and Publication (R&P) Fund so you can communicate and publish your research. The fund is managed by the School of Graduate Studies and Research (SGSR).

Find out more

External funding

Apply for external funding and get help writing your winning proposal. STACIE works closely with other university offices, like the University Office of Research and the University Office of Global Partnerships & Sustainable Futures to find and access opportunities for external funding to support the work of UWI researchers.

Funding and Consultancy Opportunities

Consultancies

WHO Sociocultural Knowledge Exchanges with Indigenous Peoples on Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge Systems, and Health /stacie/sites/default/files/stacie/docs/WHO-SHQ-GTMC-IN-RFP-25-2029_Consultations_FINAL_20250416.docx (Deadline May 19 2025)

CBF Development of a Marine Protected Areas Finance Facility under the EMPAC Project https://caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org/careers/consultancy-development-of-a-marine-protected-areas-finance-facility-under-the-empac-project/ US$80,000 (Deadline May 21 2025)

CCCCC Consulting firm to conduct a feasibility assessment and develop a comprehensive project design to facilitate the transition of St. Kitts and Nevis' agricultural sector https://caribbeanclimate.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/182902 US $289,000 (Deadline May 26 2025)

Grants

CCRIF Small Grants https://www.ccrif.org/ccrif-small-grants-programme US$5,000 to US$25,000 (quarterly)

Aubrey Barker Fund and FIG Foundation 2025-26 Research Grant with the theme: “AI Applications in Surveying and Land Management”. https://aubreybarkerfund.org/abf-figf-grant 20,000 Euro (Deadline May 11 2025)

UNEP Call for Proposals on GEF Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Integrated Programme Global Platform: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy Enabling Environment and Guidelines – Implementing Partners /stacie/sites/default/files/stacie/docs/3.%20Public%20Finance%20and%20Fiscal%20Policy%20Enabling%20Environment%20and%20Guidelines%E2%80%93%20Implementing%20Partners.docx (Deadline May 11 2025)

Ekhaga Foundation - promote human health by working for the development of better food, natural medicines and healing methods, as well as supporting research for a healthier way of life, which can have a disease-preventing effect  https://www.ekhagastiftelsen.se/instruktioner.shtml (Deadline May 20 2025)

UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity https://www.unesco.org/creativity/en/ifcd/apply?hub=11 US$ 100,000 (Deadline May 21 2025)

Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/about/responsibility-impact/climate.html CAD$100,000 (Deadline May 22 2025)

PTES Conservation Insight Grants https://ptes.org/grants/apply-grant/worldwide-grant-criteria/ £20,000 (Deadline May 29 2025)

Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Grant Program https://smithht.org/grant-seekers US$20,000 (Deadline June 14 2025)

Spencer Foundation Large Research Grants on Education https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant US$125,000 to US$500,000 (Deadline June 17 2025)

EOCA Biodiversity conservation of species and habitats https://www.eocaconservation.org/our-projects/apply-for-funding/?pageid=...£30,000 (Deadline June 30 2025)

Imminent Fund - Language Technology Innovators https://imminent.translated.com/apply-for-your-grants US$20,000 (Deadline October 15 2025)

Global Innovation Fund https://www.globalinnovation.fund/apply-for-funding

FFAR Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) https://foundationfar.org/programs/rapid-outcomes-from-agricultural-rese...$150,000