Mehta-Jenner Climate Change Mitigation Graduate Scholarships

Award type: 
Scholarships
Affiliation: 
Women
Award description: 

Two scholarships valued at $10,000, will be awarded annually to full-time female graduate students enrolled in a master’s program in the Faculty of Mathematics. Students must be conducting research on assessment and/or mitigation of climate change.  Preference will be given to international students.

 This fund is made possible by a donation from Adarsh Mehta, BMath ’98, Applied Mathematics, and Jeffrey Jenner, BMath ’84, Math Accounting.

Value: 
$10,000
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • Full-time female graduate students registered in a research-based master's program in the Faculty of Mathematics, wherein female students are underrepresented.
    • Underrepresented criteria for the Faculty of Mathematics is subject to annual review and may change as per framework from IAP and Dean's Council. In the event that women are no longer underrepresented within the Faculty of Mathematics, only the remaining eligibility will apply.
  • Students must be conducting research on assessment and/or mitigation of climate change.
  • Preference to be given to international students.
  • Interested students must submit an application to the Faculty of Mathematics by May 1. Selection will be based on a demonstrated passion for the environment and climate change.
  • Selection of a recipient will be made by a committee led by the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics normally each winter.
  • This scholarship will be in addition to any funding indicated in the offer of admission.
  • The scholarship will be paid in equal instalments across two or three academic terms.
Level: 
Masters
Program:
Mathematics→Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics & Optimization, Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Pure Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science
Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Spring
Application deadline: 
May 1
Additional instructions: 

Interested students must complete and submit an application by May 1. The application can be found on the Faculty of Mathematics website. 

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