THE University of the West Indies is now inviting applications for the UWI 2011 Open Scholarships, which last year were awarded to 41 students with a total value of US$1.1 million.
Each year the university awards the UWI Open Scholarships to top performing students across the region for undergraduate studies. The scholarships cover tuition, living costs and contributions to books.
“The Open Scholarships programme is one of the ways that UWI is attracting and rewarding high achievers among the region’s students. The scholarships are particularly attractive to students from our contributing countries where, unlike Barbados and Trinidad, tertiary tuition is not government subsidised. We are very happy to offer the Open Scholarships in these financially trying times,” said Professor Alvin Wint, UWI Pro Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies.
Eligible persons are high school or state college graduates who are first-time applicants to a government-sponsored undergraduate degree programme offered at any of the UWI’s four campuses.
Current first-year UWI students are also eligible to apply for the Open Scholarships and all applicants must be citizens of a UWI-contributing country.
The application process, which is in its second year as a completely online procedure, will require students to complete a 500-word personal essay outlining career aspirations and reasons for choosing their degree programme at the UWI.
Applicants must also provide evidence of community involvement and co-curricular activities. All applications for the UWI 2011 Open Scholarships must be submitted at www.uwi.edu/openscholarship2011 by January 31, 2011.
