Promoting innovation and excellence in graduate student research
The Faculty of Mathematics is a top destination for the world’s brightest mathematical minds. Yet, to maintain and improve on our position in a competitive global environment, we must get even better at producing exceptional academic researchers.
Students need encouragement to pursue research. That’s why we’re creating the Graduate Research Excellence Award, valued at $5,000 and presented annually to two graduate students in recognition of outstanding research papers.
The new award will inspire graduate students to seek the publication of their work—a necessity if they are to pursue academic careers—and reward the most brilliant among them with the prestige and recognition they deserve. At the same time, the award will enhance the research reputation of the Faculty, further improving our international profile and ensuring we continue to attract the top mathematical talent.
You can empower graduate student researchers today. Your gift in support of this award will encourage students to maximize their talent and pursue important research while elevating the reputation of the Faculty globally.
To donate to the Graduate Research Excellence Award, please visit our giving page.
"Our graduate student researchers are absolutely key to our Faculty’s reputation for excellence and innovation. By creating a Graduate Research Excellence Award, we can ensure that our students continue to realize their full potential as researchers and apply their talents to our most significant problems."
"It was an honour to be a recipient of a Best Research Paper Prize in the Faculty of Mathematics. The prize came at a critical time of my career. I had just defended my doctoral thesis, and was about to start my postdoctoral fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University. The recognition boosted my confidence and reassured me that my research contributions were acknowledged by the University and to an extent by the research community. I am also thankful of the financial relief provided by the prize money, which was much needed as I was about to move from Waterloo to Pittsburgh."