CCRIF awards US$112,000 in scholarships for Caribbean climate studies

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) has awarded 10 scholarships totaling US$112,000 to Caribbean nationals for the 2026/27 academic year. The funding aims to strengthen regional expertise in climate science, meteorology, natural resource management, geoinformatics, geology, and engineering to improve disaster risk management and climate resilience.

Recipients hail from Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago. Nine scholarships will support students at The University of the West Indies (UWI), including five postgraduate awards at the Cave Hill and St. Augustine campuses and four undergraduate awards for students entering their second year at the Mona and St. Augustine campuses. One scholarship will fund postgraduate studies at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.

Among the recipients, Jamaican national Akeem Dawes was awarded US$25,000 to pursue a Master of Science in Applied Meteorology and Climate with Management at the University of Reading, through a partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology. CCRIF CEO Isaac Anthony stated that these awards serve as an investment in the region’s capacity to prepare for and recover from natural hazards.