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Caribbean-Pacific Islands Scholarships Call

For Release Upon Receipt - December 13, 2013

UWI


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago – Come December 16th, the Caribbean-Pacific Islands Mobility Scheme (CARPIMS) will make its third call for scholarship applications. The scheme, funded by €6.8million from the European Union under its Intra ACP Mobility Scheme, facilitates the movement of Masters and PhD students and staff among a consortium of universities from the Caribbean and Pacific regions. The primary goal of CARPIMS is to build the research and teaching capacity of each participating institution and their respective regions.

For the third consecutive year, the largest Caribbean-Pacific grant has been awarded to The University of the West Indies (UWI) which, as the coordinator of CARPIMS, is joined in the Caribbean by the University of Guyana, the University of Belize, the Université D’Etat D’Haiti, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo and, in the Pacific, by the University of the South Pacific (headquartered in Fiji but with a presence in 12 Pacific countries), the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, the National University of Samoa, Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa’e and the Universidade da Paz Timor-Leste. The consortium also has a Technical Partner in the University of Porto which has extensive experience managing large mobility projects funded by the European Union as well as an Associate Partner in the Association of Caribbean Universities (UNICA) which will assist with disseminating information to prospective applicants from across the Caribbean region.

The Intra ACP Mobility Scheme is divided into two funding lots, one for the African region (three projects) and the other for the combined Caribbean and Pacific regions (three projects).

It targets two main categories of applicants: nationals and/or residents registered as students/alumni or staff in one of the ten CARPIMS partner institutions; and nationals and/or residents registered at a higher education institution in Caribbean or Pacific countries which is not a member of CARPIMS.

These competitive scholarships provide Masters and PhD candidates opportunities to pursue qualifications in various fields such as the Agricultural Sciences; Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning; Art and Design; Business Studies and Management Sciences; Education and Teacher Training; Engineering and Technology; Geography and Geology; Humanities; Languages and Philological Sciences; Law; Mathematics, Informatics, Medical Sciences; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; Communication and Information Sciences. The scholarships cover all expenses (tuition, monthly stipend, health insurance, travel, etc.) for full Masters programmes up to 22 months, full PhD programmes up to 36 months, 10 months of Doctoral research opportunities for persons already enrolled in a Doctoral programme and one month for staff exchanges.

For further information and assistance in applying, please contact The UWI CARPIMS Coordinator, Marissa Badall or CARPIMS Project Officer, Nadine Burnett at The UWI’s Office of Institutional Advancement & Internationalisation at the St Augustine Campus at 662-2002 ext 84151/83904 or 868-224-3708; email CARPIMS@sta.uwi.edu or visit www.sta.uwi.edu/carpims

 

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