Funding, Awards and Scholarships

Management Science and Engineering Scholarships

Scholarships and awards available to graduate students in Management Science and Engineering:

El Gabbani Scholarship (endowment) 

The El Gabbani Scholarship is awarded yearly to an international student, demonstrating high academic potential, entering the MASc program in the Department of Management Science and Engineering. The award is endowed in recognition of the value of the Management Science and Engineering program in training foreign individuals, who, upon their return to their native countries will use their acquired knowledge in improving the lot of their people. Amount determined each year by interest earned from the endowment (approx. $750.00). El Gabbani Scholarship (Endowment) 

Eligibility guidelines: 

• Incoming student for fall term 

• International students only (attending on a study permit/student visa) 

• Master's students only 

• High academic potential 

• Financial need 

Donald J. Clough Memorial Award (endowment) 

This award was established by the Sandford Fleming Foundation from donations made in memory of Professor Clough. Recipients of the award will display superior scholarship and will normally be enrolled in the first year of graduate studies in Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo. The award is valued at approx. $500.00. Funds provided from a memorial endowment through the Sandford Fleming Foundation. Donald J. Clough Memorial Award (endowment) 

Eligibility guidelines: 

• Display superior scholarship 

• Enrolled in first year of graduate studies in Management Science and Engineering 

• International students eligible 

• Open only to Master's students 

Fraser Award (endowment) 

The Fraser Research Award is open to both MASc and PhD students of the Department of Management Science and Engineering. It shall be awarded to the student who wrote the best research paper in the previous three academic terms. 
Submissions must be papers completed while the author was a student in Management Science and Engineering and must reflect research carried out primarily in the Management Science and Engineering Department. The best paper will be chosen on the basis of overall research quality, taking into account the experience and field of the individual student. Award recipients need not be current students in the Department, but must have been registered in at least one of the eligible terms. 
A Committee of faculty members reflecting the various research interests of the department will judge papers. Best papers chosen on basis of overall research quality. Amount determined each year by interest earned from the endowment (approx. $750.00). 

Eligibility guidelines: 

• Student can submit one research paper only. 

• Open to MASc and PhD students. 

• Paper written in previous three terms. 

• Paper completed while author was a registered student in Management Science and Engineering. 

• Paper must reflect research carried out primarily in Management Science and Engineering. 

• Papers should not exceed 30 pages in length, conventional font, and spacing. 

• The work must be completed in its majority by the student applicant(s) as first author. 

• Award can be shared among several student co-authors. 

• Only student author names should appear on the submission.