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Recent CSF Accomplishments

1. The CSF SPISE program has served 131 students since 2012 (see SPISE Description)

1. SPISE students are enrolled or have attended at many prestigious universities, including those listed below and others. Most of these students have substantial financial aid packages, and some have full scholarships. This represents a tremendous early return on the investment provided by their SPISE sponsors.

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• The CSF Robotics Camp has served 136 students since 2015 in 4 levels of the Camp (see Junior Robotics Camp Description)

• The CSF Computer Coding Workshops began as a pilot on January 6, 2018 in with 12 students and is now being offered twice per year in Barbados and St. Lucia with up to 25 students per session (see Computer Coding Camp Description)

• Nine STEM Teacher Training Workshops for primary school teachers have been held since 2015 in St. Vincent, Antigua, Barbados, St. Kitts, Dominica, Kingston and Montego Bay (see STEM Teacher Training Workshop Description)

• CSF made its first grant, under its CaribVenture vehicle, to AES Energy systems of Barbados for US$ 20,000 in January of 2017. The grant is for the development of software to aid energy audits and manage electricity usage (see CaribVenture Description)

• The CADSTI-New England & CSF Student Internship Program has placed a total of 37 students, during the period 2014 – 2018, in summer internships in the US, Canada, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad in the areas of biotechnology, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, renewable energy, software development and actuarial sciences. The 2018 CADSTI-NE Newsletter and a full description of the Internship program are available at the links below:
  CADSTI-NE Newsletter November 2018
  Student Internship Program Description

• CADSTI-UK has initiated a STEM Coaching Club that helps students in the London area to prepare for the GCSE in the STEM disciplines. The Club meets on Saturday mornings. More information is available at the CADSTI-UK Website
• The CSF has produced a comprehensive blueprint for the Ministry of Labour of Barbados addressing the means by which STEM can be harnessed to create more and better employment opportunities for the people of Barbados. The document is available at the link:CSF Final Report – STEM Blueprint for Barbados-5SEP2016

Latest CSF News

SPISE graduate Desmond Edwards receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Posted on June 7, 2022

Congratulations to Desmond Edwards, a SPISE 2017 Caribbean Development Bank Scholar, for receiving a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship! Read the full article Image

SPISE graduate Abigail Scott graduates from MIT with prestigious 2022 Association of MIT Alumnae Senior Academic Award

Posted on June 7, 2022

Congratulations to Abigail Scott, the SPISE 2016 Kerosene Lamp Foundation Scholar, for graduating from MIT with high honors including also the

SPISE graduate Gerard Porter graduates from Harvard with highest honors

Posted on June 7, 2022

Congratulations to Gerard Porter, the SPISE 2017 Kerosene Lamp Foundation Scholar, for graduating from Harvard Summa Cum Laude, and receiving the

SPISE Graduate Jodi Porter Awarded Scholarship to Attend Stanford Graduate School

Posted on August 30, 2021

Congratulations to Jodi Porter for being selected for a Wade Scholarship to do a master’s in environmental engineering at Stanford University!

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Mrs. Daneilia De Silva – Our Assistant Director for Program Management

Mrs. Daneilia De Silva currently serves as the new Assistant Director of Program Management for the CSF. Her responsibilities include program creation and management, coordination of all program activities and logistics, as well as management of program budgets. These tasks are critical for advancing our portfolio of programs which promote STEM in the Region. In addition to managing the day to day activities of the office, she is also serves as a focal point for communication between the CSF and external organizations and individuals. Mrs. De Silva, also affectionately known as “Dee Dee”, brings a wealth of knowledge from the legal industry having served for 15 years as an Executive Legal Secretary and Legal Executive.

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