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

CARPHA Consultancy - to Strengthening and Expanding Integrated Early Warning Systems (EWS) in the Caribbean the Caribbean Public Health Agencyhttps://www.carpha.org/More/Internal-Procurement/ArticleID/964/Consultan...(Deadline January 21 2025)

IDB Consultancy - Conduct a Needs Assessment and Design Guidelines for Implementing a Digital Skills Training Program (Deadline January 26 2025) US$80,000

CAF Call for proposals for the preparation of policy documents - Organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean

https://www.caf.com/es/trabaja-con-nosotros/convocatorias/convocatoria-a-propuestas-para-la-elaboracion-de-documentos-de-politica-crimen-organizado-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvhUC5U7YwXTr6qwX4qcmh2HXbQlawhstyZ6hEYUVKuyHg_g/viewform?pli=1&pli=1 US$12,000 (Deadline February 7 2025)

Grants

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

IAF Sustainable Development Funding https://www.iaf.gov/apply-for-grant/ US$25,000 to US$400,000 (ongoing)

Cooperative AI Foundation https://www.cooperativeai.com/grants/2025 GBP 10,000 to GBP 385,000 (Deadline January 18 2025)

Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund 2025 - Scaling Carbon Removal Technologies https://www.milkywire.com/impact-funds/climate-transformation-fund/call-... US$150,000 to $300,000 (Deadline January 19 2025)

Wellcome Trust Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/heat-and-mental-health-award £1 - 3 million (Deadline January 21 2025)

Support for laboratory diagnosis and monitoring to scale up and improve HIV/AIDS care and treatment services for Caribbean countries supported under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/355479 US1.5million (Deadline February 18 2025)

Global Protection Programs 2025 for Refugees and Migration https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/357944 US$200,000 to $750,000 (Deadline February 28 2025)

Spencer Foundation Vision Grant https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/vision-grants US$75,000 (Deadline March 11 2025)

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

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

Innovative Health Practices (Science and Technology and other Research and Development) https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346254

Unsolicited Funding Applications https://www.usaid.gov/partner-with-us/unsolicited-proposals-grant-applications

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

Awards

FAO Achievement Awards 2025 https://www.fao.org/fao-awards/achievement/about/en US$12,000 (Deadline January 31 2025)

UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/call-applications-unesco-equatorial-g... US$300,000 (Deadline March 31 2025)