Graduate Academic Scholarships
The Lyford Cay Foundations offer scholarships generally worth $7,500 per annum each for study at the Master’s and Doctorate levels.
The selection criteria are weighted as follows:
| Academic merit | 35% |
| Financial need | 35% |
| Caliber of proposed college or university | 10% |
| Field of study | 10% |
| Candidate’s personal qualities | 10% |
To determine academic merit, the Screening Committee evaluates numerous factors including a candidate’s college GPA, the rigour of the academic programmes pursued, awards and recommendations.
Priority is given to fields of study considered most valuable to the economic needs of The Bahamas. These include agriculture, the arts, economics, education, engineering, environmental studies, financial services, foreign languages, health sciences, hospitality management, quantity surveying, sciences, technology and tourism.
The Committee also considers the applicant’s financial resources, the cost of attendance at the proposed college or university, the caliber of the institution and a candidate’s personal qualities, including his or her leadership skills and contribution to the community.
Recipients of undergraduate scholarships are not automatically eligible for graduate scholarships and must re-apply to be considered for studies at the Master’s level. Recipients of graduate scholarships who complete a Master’s degree must re-apply if they wish to pursue studies at the Doctoral level. Doctoral-level scholarship will not normally be extended beyond three years.
Deadline for applications is March 31 of each year.
