The Scholarship is tenable only at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies. It is open to nationals of the contributing territories of the University of the West Indies who have been accepted into the current academic year to pursue full - time or part- time studies in an MPhil or Ph.D. Programme at The UWI, Cave Hill Campus. Applicants for this Scholarship should normally have, as a minimum, a Lower Second Class Honours Degree.
The Scholarship is tenable for two (2) years with the possibility of extension based on good academic performance.The Scholarship holder is required to contribute time ( research, lab, tutorials) each semester semester towards the work of the Cave Hill Campus, using their area of academic expertise. This contributory time must be pre-approved by the supervisor and Department Head. You are strongly encouraged to consult the list below that details current research focus  areas.
 
  
WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL: Your research proposal ( no more than 3,000 words, 1.5 spaced and justified) should contain the following:
 

• Proposed title of research
• Proposed research supervisor ( you should review the profile of lecturers in your chosen field on the www.cavehill.uwi.edu website
• Background to your study ( using academic literature sources)
• Aims and objectives of study
• Proposed research question(s) or hypothesis
• Proposed methodology
• Expected research outcomes and contribution
• Work plan to completion
• Reference list

 
See resource link to writing a research proposal: https://www.trentu.ca/academicskills/how-guides/how-write-university/how-approach-any-assignment/how-write-research-proposal

POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP RESEARCH AREAS OF FOCUS
 
 

EDUCATION Issues affecting quality education in the Caribbean Teacher education Mentoring Leadership Decolonial/postcolonial approaches to education Narrative approaches to education Quality assurance in higher education Academic integrity in higher education Online education Artificial intelligence in higher education   PHILOSOPHY Caribbean philosophy Social philosophy Applied Ethics (especially Biomedical Ethics and Environmental Ethics) Philosophy and gender   MEDICINE

Psychology; Public Mental Health

Clinical pediatrics , childhood obesity , childhood diabetes

Clinical medicine & health Orthopeadic surgery Aesthetic Culture Translational research in medical science Obesity and Chronic Diseases Cardiology ( specifically ACS management, rehabilitation) Medical/healthcare service quality improvement   ECONOMICS

Pink economics/ LGBTQ+ quantitative economics Feminist economics Gender inequality in the labour market (quanititative analysis) Individual economic behaviours Childcare economics (quantitative analysis) Applied econometrics

TRADE AND FINANCE International Trade/ Relations Innovation International financial issues Intra-regional trade Barriers to trade

TOURISM Tourism planning in small islands Community participation in tourism development Postcolonial analysis of tourism Sustainable tourism Tourism economcs Tourism entrepreneurship Foreign Direct Investment in tourism   CLIMATE CHANGE & THE ENVIRONMENT Environmental sustainability Disaster management Climate smart agricultural innovations and implementation Inter-disciplinary research pertaining to Resource Management and Environmental Studies,  (gender, environmental and social safeguards, impacts assessment, livelihoods, climate adaptation and resilience, sustainable tourism) Climate change in the context of sustainable development, technology and future of work The Green economy   SOCIAL JUSTICE, RIGHTS, CRIME Social equity and justice Latin American politics Transnational & gang crime   SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIAL WORK Disabilities Homelessness Disaster management & elderly challenges Adversity in childhood, specifically in minority groups Adverse childhood experiences Child Abuse - physical, sexual & emotional abuse Adolescent Pregnancy Mental health in the Caribbean Neurocognitive function Suicidality Domestic violence HIV/AIDS Social work Social welfare   POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Comparative politics and administration Bureaucracy Peace-studies accord Latin American politics Latin American trade Latin Amercicann foreign policy Immigration Migration International relations The Caribbean Single Market and Economt ( CSME) Caribbean regionalism Geopolitics Foreign policy Border security/international security South-South relations   FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES Foreign language, culture and business Use of translation

GENDER

Gender and the Caribbean Political economy

Motherhood and work Public policies and their effects on marginalized group The care economy The impact of birth rates on women and population ENTREPRENEURSHIP & BUSINESS Enterprise development

Entrepreneurship Microfinance Business, youth and gender Entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation Private sector development   MARKETING New trends in consumer behaviour eg discrimination, unseen disabiity and  vulnerability in the market place

SCIENCES

Environmental chemistry Antimicrobial resistance Food safety Microbiology Food science Bioenergetics Fibroids Biochemistry Molecular biology   AGRICULTURE Agricultural production, policy and marketing Livetsock feeds and alternate feeding strategies Innovations in agricultural productions ( landless, soil less, waterless)

Data Collected: February- March 2025
By: School of Graduate Studies and Research