GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) has awarded 10 scholarships valued at US$112,000 to Caribbean nationals for the 2026/27 academic year to support studies in climate science, meteorology, natural resource management and engineering.
Nine of the scholarships will support students at The University of the West Indies (UWI), while the remaining award will fund postgraduate studies at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
The scholarships cover disciplines considered important to strengthening disaster risk management and climate resilience across the Caribbean, including geoinformatics and geology.
CCRIF said it has awarded more than 200 scholarships worth over US$2.2 million to Caribbean students since 2010, supporting studies at universities in the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States.
