January 2012


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UWI to manage 2 million Euro Scholarship Grant

At the beginning of 2012, the Caribbean-Pacific Islands Mobility Scheme (CARPIMS) began its call for scholarship applications. The scheme, funded by approximately €2 million from the European Union under its Intra ACP Mobility Scheme, is designed to facilitate the movement of Masters and PhD students and staff between a consortium of Universities from the Caribbean and Pacific regions, with its primary goal being to build the research and teaching capacity of each participating institution and their respective regions.

In its inaugural year the Caribbean-Pacific grant has been awarded to The University of the West Indies which, as the coordinator of CARPIMS, is joined in the Caribbean by the University of Guyana, the University of Belize, and the Universite D’Etat D’Haiti.

The mobility scheme targets two main categories of applicants; target group one refers to nationals and/or residents registered as students or staff in one of the eight CARPIMS partner institutions while the second target group consists nationals and/or residents registered at a higher education institution in Caribbean or Pacific countries which is not a member of CARPIMS. The competitive scholarships provide Masters and PhD candidates opportunities to pursue qualifications in various fields including Agriculture 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), up to 10 months of Doctoral research (must already be enrolled in a Doctoral programme) and one month for staff exchanges.

For more information and for assistance with applying, please contact CARPIMS Coordinators: Bianca Beddoe or Miguel Dindial at Tel: 868-662-2002 ext 84464 or 868-224-3708; Email: CARPIMS@sta.uwi.edu, www.sta.uwi.edu/carpims