David Shepherd Upper-Year Scholarship in Mathematics

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards
Award description: 

Three scholarships, valued at $5,500 each, will be awarded annually to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in Year Two, Three, and/or Four in the Faculty of Mathematics. Selection will be made on the basis of academic achievement and demonstrated extracurricular participation in volunteer activities, mentorship, sports, and/or public service. Interested students should submit an application by November 1. This fund is made possible by a donation from Krysia Piorczynski in memory of her husband, David Shepherd, BMath ’75.

Value: 
$5,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • enrolled in Year Two, Three, or Four of any program in the Faculty of Math
  • academic performance (minimum 80% cumulative average)
  • extracurricular participation in volunteer activities, mentorship, sports, and/or public service
Level: 
Year Two, Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Mathematics→Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Business and CS (Double Degree), Business and Math (Double Degree), Combinatorics and Optimization, Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology Mgmt, Math/Fin.Analysis and Risk Mgmt, Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Finance, Mathematical Optimization, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Mathematics/CPA, Mathematics/Business Admin, Mathematics/Teaching, Pure Mathematics, Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics, Statistics
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Fall
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
    • At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Winter deadline (January - April).
    • Access the Winter Term Undergraduate Award Application on our Undergraduate Studies Form page.
    • The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
    • Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
  • A resume is also required.
Application deadline: 
November 1
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall