* Launched in 1982, these Scholarships are merit-based though other important considerations such as quality of college, field of study, personal character and financial need are taken into account by the Screening Committees.

* Scholarships are offered at undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate levels, and are renewable through to graduation provided that a required standard of performance (cumulative G.P.A.) is maintained. Progress is monitored carefully through the regular submission of official transcripts from the colleges concerned.

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* Introduced in 1995, these awards are directed primarily at Bahamians who seek to train or upgrade skills in areas where there is a shortage of well qualified Bahamians in the work force. Academic proficiency is essential, however.

* Financial need among the applicants in this program is a particularly important consideration for the Screening Committee as well as the reputation of school and personal qualities of commitment and interest.

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In addition to the Academic andTechnical Scholarship Programs, the Foundations also administer a number of scholarships named for prominent and prestigious donors. For example, in 1998 the Foundations received a matching grant of £60,000.00 from The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund towards the Technical Training Scholarship program that provides for up to four Technical Scholarships each year in perpetuity.

Other programs include:

 Established in 2000 and generously funded by the members of Bahamas Billfish Championship Inc., these scholarships are reserved for Bahamians studying Marine and Environmental Biology at the undergraduate or graduate levels.

Annual scholarships are worth up to $7,500 each per year and the established criteria of the Foundation’s Academic Scholarship Programs are applied.

 Students applying for this program will also be considered for other Foundation programs that they may be eligible for.  Separate applications are not required.

• Provides a small number of scholarships for outstanding students from the Family Islands of the Bahamas to attend, from 10th grade level, St.Andrew's School, an internationally accredited private school in Nassau.
This scholarship program is administered by St. Andrew's School.
http://www.st-andrews.com/

• A need-based scholarship is awarded for a student attending Lyford Cay School, a private accredited school in Nassau, accommodating students from kindergarten to grade 10.
This scholarship program is administered by Lyford Cay School. http://www.lyfordcayschool.net/

• Established in April 1998 in response to a fund-raising initiative on the part of residents of Abaco in the northern Bahamas who set an endowment goal of $1 million to provide financial assistance for students from Abaco to pursue tertiary education abroad and at the College of The Bahamas.
Application through Lyford Cay Scholarship Programs

	Technical info	Academic info
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A project undertaken by the Foundations in 1996 to raise $5 million over five years to establish a Scholarship Endowment Fund now enables more than 100 needy Bahamian students to attend the College of The Bahamas each year.

Contact College of the Bahamas financial aid office for more information:http://www.cob.edu.bs/