Canada-CARICOM Expertise Coaching for the Inexperienced Economic system Scholarships Program
The Authorities of Canada introduced the Canada-CARICOM Expertise Coaching for the Inexperienced Economic system (CCSTGE) Scholarships program in 2020. This system gives college students from the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) member states with short-term alternate alternatives at publicly funded Canadian faculties and institutes. The scholarships help college-level college students in packages or disciplines linked to the inexperienced economic system, or with components associated to sustainability, combating environmental degradation, and/or regenerative practices. This might embody, however shouldn’t be restricted to: climate-smart agriculture, sustainable culinary practices, renewable power, and sustainable constructing strategies, amongst others.
The Canada-CARICOM Expertise Coaching for the Inexperienced Economic system Scholarships is a Quick-term Change Program beneath World Affairs Canada’s Worldwide Scholarships Program.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you should be:
- ✔ a citizen of a CARICOM member state
- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, or Trinidad and Tobago
- ✔ a scholar enrolled full-time at a post-secondary establishment (School or Institute) in an eligible nation/territory
- ✔ paying tuition charges to that establishment on the time of software and for the total period of your alternate
College students usually are not eligible for this scholarship if:
- you maintain or have a pending software for Canadian citizenship or everlasting residency
- you might be already taking part in a scholarship program funded by the Authorities of Canada
- you might be already enrolled in a level, diploma or certificates program at a Canadian post-secondary establishment
Canadian post-secondary establishments all in favour of internet hosting college students should:
- ✔ be a Designated Studying Establishment (DLI)
- ✔ have a sound scholar alternate settlement with the coed’s residence establishment that waives tuition charges for scholarship recipients
Scholarship worth and period
| Award element | Worth | Length | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical or Vocational Schooling and Coaching (TVET) on the certificates, diploma, or affiliate diploma stage | $8,200 | 4 months or one tutorial time period | Examine or analysis at a Canadian school, institute or cégep. A legitimate scholar alternate settlement that waives tuition charges is required apart from analysis. |
| Technical or Vocational Schooling and Coaching (TVET) on the certificates, diploma, or affiliate diploma stage | $14,700 | Eight months or two tutorial phrases | Examine or analysis at a Canadian school, institute or cégep. A legitimate scholar alternate settlement that waives tuition charges is required apart from analysis. |
Eligible bills
Chosen college students could use scholarship funds in the direction of:
- ✔ visa or research/work allow charges
- ✔ airfare through probably the most direct and economical route
- ✔ medical health insurance
- ✔ residing bills, resembling lodging, utilities and meals
- ✔ floor transportation, together with a public transportation move
- ✔ books and provides required for his or her research or analysis, excluding computer systems and different tools
Canadian establishments are eligible to obtain:
- ✔ $500 per scholarship recipient to assist with administrative prices as soon as the coed arrives in Canada
- ✔ reimbursement of extra employer compliance charges paid to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in some instances
How funding works
Canadian establishments will obtain funding from World Affairs Canada, by its authorized identify, the Division of International Affairs, Commerce and Improvement (DFATD) within the type of a non-negotiable contribution settlement and shall be accountable for offering the funds to profitable college students in line with its inner processes. Ought to a scholar not take up the scholarship, Canadian establishments should return all funds, together with the executive charge, to DFATD.
Scholarship worth and period 
| Award element | Worth | Length | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical or Vocational Schooling and Coaching (TVET) on the certificates, diploma, or affiliate diploma stage | $8,200 | 4 months or one tutorial time period | Examine or analysis at a Canadian school, institute or cégep. A legitimate scholar alternate settlement that waives tuition charges is required apart from analysis. |
| Technical or Vocational Schooling and Coaching (TVET) on the certificates, diploma, or affiliate diploma stage | $14,700 | Eight months or two tutorial phrases | Examine or analysis at a Canadian school, institute or cégep. A legitimate scholar alternate settlement that waives tuition charges is required apart from analysis. |
Eligible bills
Chosen college students could use scholarship funds in the direction of:
- ✔ visa or research/work allow charges
- ✔ airfare through probably the most direct and economical route
- ✔ medical health insurance
- ✔ residing bills, resembling lodging, utilities and meals
- ✔ floor transportation, together with a public transportation move
- ✔ books and provides required for his or her research or analysis, excluding computer systems and different tools
Canadian establishments are eligible to obtain:
- ✔ $500 per scholarship recipient to assist with administrative prices as soon as the coed arrives in Canada
- ✔ reimbursement of extra employer compliance charges paid to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in some instances
How funding works
Canadian establishments will obtain funding from World Affairs Canada, by its authorized identify, the Division of International Affairs, Commerce and Improvement (DFATD) within the type of a non-negotiable contribution settlement and shall be accountable for offering the funds to profitable college students in line with its inner processes. Ought to a scholar not take up the scholarship, Canadian establishments should return all funds, together with the executive charge, to DFATD.Software course of
Canadian establishments should apply for the scholarship on behalf of eligible college students earlier than the deadline.
Earlier than the applying interval
Canadian establishments all in favour of internet hosting college students ought to:
- ✔ promote the scholarship to college and workers members
- ✔ promote the scholarship to eligible associate establishments
- ✔ discover scholar alternate agreements with eligible associate establishments
Non-Canadian establishments all in favour of sending college students to Canada ought to:
- ✔ evaluation eligibility necessities
- ✔ discover scholar alternate agreements with Canadian establishments
- ✔ promote this scholarship to college students
- ✔ determine college students who meet the eligibility and admission necessities for the Canadian associate establishment
College students all in favour of finding out in Canada beneath this scholarship ought to:
- ✔ evaluation the eligibility necessities
- ✔ ask your worldwide workplace in case your faculty has an alternate settlement with a Canadian post-secondary establishment
- ✔ contact your worldwide workplace to study extra in regards to the software course of and any admission necessities for the Canadian establishment
Software directions
Software directions for Canadian establishments making use of on behalf of eligible college students
- Assign a program coordinator to finish purposes.
- Login or Create an account on Momentum to use for the scholarship on behalf of scholars.
- Upon getting logged into your account, choose the Canada-CARICOM Expertise Coaching for the Inexperienced Economic system Scholarships Program within the “For Non Canadians” part and click on on “Apply Now”
- Enter information within the fields marked obligatory and observe directions for every merchandise.
- Add all required supporting paperwork. Every doc should be smaller than 5 MB and in .pdf, .jpg, .doc, .docx, .txt or .gif format.
- Confirm the info previous to submission.
- Click on “SUMBIT”. You’ll obtain a affirmation message and a reference quantity for submitted purposes.
- Print the shape on your information utilizing the print perform within the browser.
Go to Assist with Momentum for extra data.Supporting paperwork
Scholarship choice standards
We consider purposes primarily based on:
- benefit of the analysis or research to be undertaken in Canada
- relevance of the proposed analysis or research for the inexperienced economic system sector within the candidate’s residence nation/territory
- profit to the house establishment and friends
- profit to the Canadian establishment, supervisor and friends
- energy of the linkages to be created by the proposed alternate
- rankings submitted by the Canadian establishment