Bridget Jones Award 2026 — NEW DEADLINE

Apply for the Bridget Jones Award

We are very excited to reopen applications for the 2026 Bridget Jones Award. This is open to arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean. The winner of the award will present their work at the 49th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held online, 1-4 July 2026.read on ...

Opportunities with Caribbean Oxford Initiative (CaribOx)

The Caribbean Oxford Initiative (CaribOx) has some fantastic upcoming opportunities open to researchers from Caribbean Institutions that will enable research visits to the University of Oxford in 2026.  There are  two Visiting Fellowships and two Travel Grants available. Applications are open to researchers across all academic disciplines.

The deadline for applications for Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants is Friday, 19 September 2025, 17.00 (BST)

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Bridget Jones Travel Award Recipients 2022 – Cyndi Marshall

There is no travel needed for our virtual conference in 2022, so we have awarded three smaller Bridget Jones awards, to enable participation and presentation.

Cyndi Celeste Marshall is a University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) graduate in Linguistics and Communication Studies, currently pursuing a Masters degree in Creative Arts.… read on ...