Applications open for 2022
The main aim of the CTO Foundation is to provide opportunities for Caribbean nationals to pursue studies in tourism and tourism-related disciplines, hospitality and language training.
The Foundation selects individuals who demonstrate high levels of achievement and leadership both within and outside the classroom and who express a strong interest in making a positive contribution to Caribbean tourism.
The foundation offers several forms of assistance. Recipients may pursue their studies either within or outside the region. Applicants must provide details of how they will cover the difference should the scholarship be insufficient to cover all additional costs associated with the course of study.
Deadline
The deadline for submitting entries is Friday, 13 May 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Late applications will not be accepted. All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted via mail, email or fax.
Scholarship winners will be announced by the end of June 2022.
How to Apply:
Fill in the form at: https://1.shortstack.com/vXt2ZJ
Types of Scholarships Available for 2022
Audrey Palmer Hawks Memorial Scholarship - US$5,000
A scholarship of up to US$5,000 is offered in the name of the late Mrs. Audrey Palmer Hawks who was the past director general of the Caribbean Tourism Association (CTA) based in New York, which eventually merged in 1989 with the Caribbean Tourism Research and Development Centre based in Barbados, to form the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
Audrey Palmer Hawks was born in Guyana and grew up in Grenada. She graduated from Cornell University and entered public service in Grenada where she became a senator and then minister of state for tourism. She moved to New York as the public relations director of the CTA and became executive director. For nine years she was director general of CTA, the first woman and the first Caribbean national to head the organisation.
As director general, Audrey promoted the Caribbean not only in the U.S. but worldwide. She was instrumental in developing a half-time Caribbean show at an early Super Bowl and in setting up the award-winning Caribbean Village at ITB. She died at the age of 44 in 1987.
The Audrey Palmer Hawks Memorial Scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in public relations, communications or brand management.
Thomas J. Greenan Scholarship - US$5,000
Thomas J. Greenan was one of the founders of Adya Global, LLC., an organization committed to sharing the beauty of the world with all and in ways that honour and respect the land and people who inhabit the land. Adya works to create sustainable and equitable relationships with their partners across the globe that are community-based and focused on agro and gastro production capabilities.
Adya’s leadership team is comprised of individuals with expertise both in the sectors represented by the organisation and in the higher education and non-profit worlds, allowing potential interns an immersive experience at the cutting edge of sustainability and equity efforts especially when it comes to reparative relationships with partner countries still coming out of the long legacy of colonialism.
Thomas intimately understood the need to balance the work Adya does with its mission to honour those they partner with. This scholarship of US$5,000 plus internship at Adya Global, will allow Interns to help carry this legacy forward.
Arley Sobers Memorial Scholarship - US$3, 000
This scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in tourism research or statistics, data science, information technology or cybersecurity.
Mr. Arley Sobers was the director of information management and research and acting secretary general at the CTO when he passed away suddenly in 2008.
Mr. Sobers dedicated over two decades of his working life in the service of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. He was very determined to ensure that tourism statistical information and research disseminated with respect to the Caribbean was accurate, reliable and properly validated, thus reflecting the very high standards which he demanded of himself and of those who worked with him.
He was of high intellect, analytical, and very fair in his deliberations with all. From very early on in his career he clearly recognised tourism’s importance to the economies of the Caribbean, and while Mr. Sobers worked primarily in the area of research and statistics, his overall influence and contribution to Caribbean tourism was wide reaching.
Bonita Morgan Memorial Scholarship - US$3,000
This Bonita Morgan Memorial Scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in tourism education or human resources development.
A scholarship of up to US$3,000 is offered in the name of the late Mrs. Bonita Morgan, director of resource mobilization and development at the Caribbean Tourism Organization, where she worked from April 1996 until her untimely passing in 2018. Mrs. Morgan had a great passion for the development of Caribbean youth and world class service, and she dedicated the best part of her working life to helping release the potential of Caribbean people through education, training and professional development.
CTO Scholarship Foundation Study Grant - US$2,000
These grants are being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking financial assistance to improve their skills in any tourism-related field of study that will enhance the development of a sustainable tourism industry and boost service excellence in the region. Grant amounts do not exceed US$2000.
Types of Scholarships & Grants Offered in the Past
Arley Sobers Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in tourism research or statistics. Applicants must provide a letter of employment stating the applicant’s job title and current duties and responsibilities; endorsement of the programme the applicant wishes to pursue and details of financial support the employer is willing to provide should the scholarship be insufficient to cover all additional costs associated with the course of study.
Mr. Arley Sobers was the director of information management and research and acting secretary general at the CTO when he passed away suddenly in 2008.
Mr. Sobers dedicated over two decades of his working life in the service of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. He was very determined to ensure that tourism statistical information and research disseminated with respect to the Caribbean was accurate, reliable and properly validated, thus reflecting the very high standards which he demanded of himself and of those who worked with him. He was of high intellect, analytical, and very fair in his deliberations with all. From very early on in his career he clearly recognised tourism’s importance to the economies of the Caribbean, and while Mr. Sobers worked primarily in the area of research and statistics, his overall influence and contribution to Caribbean tourism was wide reaching.
Audrey Palmer Hawks Memorial Scholarship
A scholarship of up to US$5,000 is offered in the name of the late Mrs. Audrey Palmer Hawks who was the past director general of the Caribbean Tourism Association (CTA) based in New York, which eventually merged in 1989 with the Caribbean Tourism Research and Development Centre based in Barbados, to form the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
Audrey Palmer Hawks was born in Guyana and grew up in Grenada. She graduated from Cornell University and entered public service in Grenada where she became a senator and then minister of state for tourism. She moved to New York as the public relations director of the CTA and became executive director. For nine years she was director general of CTA, the first woman and the first Caribbean national to head the organisation. As director general, Audrey promoted the Caribbean not only in the U.S. but worldwide. She was instrumental in developing a half-time Caribbean show at an early Super Bowl and in setting up the award-winning Caribbean Village at ITB. She died at the age of 44 in 1987.
The Audrey Palmer Hawks Memorial Scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in public relations and/or communications.
Bonita Morgan Memorial Scholarship
A scholarship of up to US$5,000 is offered in the name of the late Mrs. Bonita Morgan, former Director of Resource Mobilization and development at the Caribbean Tourism Organization, where she worked from April 1996 until her untimely passing in 2018. Mrs. Morgan had a great passion for the development of Caribbean youth and world class service, and she dedicated the best part of her working life to helping release the potential of Caribbean people through education, training and professional development.
She introduced many impactful projects and programmes during her tenure at the CTO, including the development of harmonized curricula for the associate degree tourism/hospitality programme across the region, tourism education materials for primary and secondary schools, showcasing careers in tourism through a variety of media, organising an annual tourism youth congress and biennial tourism human resources conference, and being the driving force behind the CTO Foundation.
This Bonita Morgan Memorial Scholarship is being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking to enhance their skills in tourism education or human resources development.
CTO Scholarship Foundation/Delta Air Lines Scholarship
This scholarship of up to US$5,000 was being offered to Caribbean nationals interested in pursuing studies in aviation or air transport technologies.
CTO Scholarship Foundation Study Grant
These grants are being offered to Caribbean nationals seeking financial assistance to enhance their skills in any tourism-related field of study that will enhance the development of a sustainable tourism industry and boost service excellence in the region. Grant amounts do not exceed US$2500.
