Overview
Dr. David Ross Cheriton is a distinguished Computer Science alumnus of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics. Dr. Cheriton received his MMath and PhD in Computer Science from Waterloo in 1974 and 1978, respectively. He is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University and is widely known for his extraordinary research contributions in high-performance scalable distributed systems, Internet architecture and hardware-software interaction; and the successful commercialization of his research results.
David R. Cheriton Graduate Scholarships, valued between $10,000 and $20,000, are awarded annually to forty to seventy-five full-time Waterloo graduate students in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science and are open to Canadian and International students holding a student visa.
Policies
- Cheriton Scholarships are awarded to our best students, on the basis of scholastic excellence and a demonstrated interest in research that addresses problems associated with designing and implementing efficient and reliable computing systems, along with their effective integration. This includes research problems that span traditional areas of Computer Science from scientific computing to algorithms to distributed systems and networks.
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These scholarships provide a $10,000 salary supplement to the student, with the supervisor providing the usual amount of RA support. These go to our very top students on the basis of academic excellence. They can be awarded both as entrance scholarships and as scholarships to continuing students.
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Normally intended to be two-year awards and will be awarded primarily to PhD students. Renewal of a scholarship for a 2nd year is subject to satisfactory performance in the first year.
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Any continuing, full-time PhD student can apply for a Cheriton Scholarship. The maximum duration of a continuing Cheriton Scholarship will be 2 years. Renewal of a scholarship for a 2nd year is subject to satisfactory performance in the first year. A PhD student who has received an entrance Cheriton Scholarship can apply for a continuing Cheriton Scholarship if meeting all eligibility requirements, which would begin after his or her entrance scholarship has terminated.
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Full-time students who currently hold, or have held, a Cheriton Scholarship can re-apply for a Cheriton Scholarship once, regardless of whether the initial award was an entrance award or a continuing award and regardless of Masters or PhD program. Thus, a maximum of 4 years (2+2) of Cheriton funding is permitted while in graduate studies in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
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Students cannot simultaneously hold a GO-Bell Graduate Scholarship and a Cheriton Scholarship.
Procedures
- Recipients of Cheriton Scholarships will be selected by a committee chaired by the Director or Associate Director of Graduate Studies of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, as appointed by the Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.
- All incoming full-time students will automatically be considered for entrance Cheriton Scholarships.
- A continuing, full-time PhD student can apply for a Cheriton Scholarship if eligible by the above policies and with the support of their supervisor. Each term the scholarship is offered to PhD students who will receive an email notice in the biweekly newsletter inviting them to submit an application for this scholarship.
- An application consists of
- Research summary (approx. 1 - 2 pages)
- CV
- 2 reference letters (one of which is your supervisor)
- Transcript