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.
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.
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:
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 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).
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.
CCCCC Country-Specific Coastal Threat Atlases https://caribbeanclimate.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/199540 (Deadline September 23 2025) US$280,000
CCCCC Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacities for GHG Emissions Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting (Suriname), and Participation in Carbon Markets (Trinidad and Tobago) https://caribbeanclimate.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/199907 (Deadline September 24 2025) US$100,000
CCRIF Small Grants https://www.ccrif.org/ccrif-small-grants-programme US$5,000 to US$25,000 (quarterly)
Stanley 1913 Creators Fund https://www.stanley1913.com/pages/stanley-1913-creators-fund-2025
IDRC Call for proposals: Connecting Indigenous Research and Leadership in Canada and the Global South https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/call-proposals-connecting-indigenous-research-an...(Deadline September 22 2025) CAD100,000
VELUX Stiftung - Climate change, biodiversity & forest products https://veluxstiftung.ch/funding-areas/forestry/ (Deadline September 22 2025) CHF100,000
EU Broadening the living labs approach for soil health in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/id/HORIZON_HORIZON-MISS-2025-05-SOIL-...
https://rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/horizon-europe-cluster-6-foo...
(Deadline September 30 2025)
Imminent Fund - Language Technology Innovators https://imminent.translated.com/apply-for-your-grants US$20,000 (Deadline October 15 2025)
WRF Prioritization and Validation Methods for Microplastic Analysis in Drinking Water US$400,000 (Deadline October 15 2025) *33% in-kind
Global Innovation Fund https://www.globalinnovation.fund/apply-for-funding
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Tel: (868) 663-1334 / 662-4394
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St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine Campus
Telephone
(868) 662-2002 ext 82483 /
(868) 224-3722 /
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Email
STACIE@sta.uwi.edu
