Student Notices

The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in partnership with De La Rue of the United Kingdom are offering three Postgraduate Scholarships for the 2024/2025 academic year under the prestigious "De La Rue Scholarship" programme. 

Each Scholarship award is equivalent to US$8500 and will primarily cover the cost of books, materials and tuition with the balance being devoted to subsistence.  

Three (3) scholarships will be offered in any of the disciplines outlined below:

-          Economics with specialisations in monetary economics, financial economics, finance, public finances, international trade, regional integration, energy economics or development economics. Statistics

-          Mathematics

-          Data Science

-          Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Requirements:

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

-          Be a national of Trinidad and Tobago;

-          Currently pursuing a full-time, post-graduate degree programme at the M.Sc. level, or who are at the final stage of an MPhil/PhD Programme in any of the above-mentioned fields;

-          Applicants for this Scholarship should have, as a minimum, an Upper Second Class Honours Degree (i.e. for M.Sc. candidates) or a M.Sc. Degree with at least a B+ average in coursework (for MPhil/PhD candidates);

-          Be actively involved in community service;

-          Must not be in receipt of any other scholarship. (Students who are employed as a Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Full-Time Demonstrator at UWI, St. Augustine are eligible to apply).

The closing date for applications is Friday, October 18, 2024.  

Completed scholarship applications are to be forwarded directly to the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. Click here for the details.