Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for a Green Economy

Candidates must be citizens of one of the following CARICOM member states:

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

For a course-oriented exchange

• You must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary partner institution in an eligible country and paying any tuition fees regulated by that institution at the time of application and for the full duration of the exchange.
• You must also meet the requirements of the Concordia Student Exchange Program.

Please see the Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for the Green Economy Scholarship website for more details regarding the eligibility requirements.

For a research-oriented exchange

• You must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution in an eligible country and paying tuition fees regulated by that institution at the time of application and for the full duration of the exchange.
• A partnership agreement between Concordia University and the student’s home universities is not mandatory, but highly recommended, as applications of students from partner universities will be prioritized.
• A Concordia professor must have accepted to supervise the student’s research exchange at Concordia.

Documents submission deadline

Concordia University has established its own internal deadline for receiving applications which is two weeks prior to the official Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for the Green Economy Scholarship deadline.

Concordia deadline: March 10, 2023

Commencement date for study or research

• Students applying for a course-oriented exchange must arrive for the beginning of each term according to Concordia's academic calendar.
• Research students may begin their exchange as soon as June 1, 2023 but no later than February 1, 2024.

Failure to meet these deadlines may result in the rejection of the application.

Please note that only Canadian institutions can submit applications to EduCanada. Therefore, students must first submit their required scholarship documents to Concordia University. Concordia will then apply for the scholarship on the student’s behalf.

Document submission deadline: March 15, 2023.

I wish to apply for a course-oriented exchange

1. You must first be nominated for exchange by your home institution.
2. Submit this scholarship application form.
3. Upload the supporting documents and the nomination letter via the application form. Please read the scholarship requirements for each document very carefully as documents that are non-compliant with the scholarship guidelines will automatically lead to the rejection of the application.

I wish to apply for a research-oriented exchange

Before beginning your application, you must find a professor who accepts to supervise your research exchange at Concordia University. You may consult Explore Concordia for help finding a research supervisor.

Application for the Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for the Green Economy scholarship:

1. Submit this scholarship application form.
2. Upload the required supporting documents via the application form. Please read the scholarship requirements for each document very carefully as documents that are non-compliant with the scholarship guidelines will automatically lead to the rejection of the application.