Joe C. Lee Math Entrepreneurial Scholarship

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards, Entrepreneurial awards
Award description: 

A scholarship, valued at up to $1,500, is awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in Year Two or Three in any program in the Faculty of Mathematics (excluding Computing & Financial Management and Software Engineering). Selection will be based on scholastic excellence (minimum 80% average), a demonstrated passion for entrepreneurship, involvement in the community, and related extracurricular activities, e.g., completion of side business projects, participation in competitions, etc. Interested students should submit an application by November 1. This fund is made possible by a donation from alumnus Joe C. Lee (BMATH 1998, MACC 1998) to recognize and reward entrepreneurial-minded students who embody some of Joe C. Lee's core values of trying non-conventional approaches, being innovative, and caring about social impact.

Value: 
$1,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • Year Two or Three in the Faculty of Math (excluding CFM and Software Engineering)
  • academic achievement (minimum 80% cumulative average)
  • demonstrated passion for entrepreneurship, related extra curricular activities, and involvement in the community
Level: 
Year Two, Year Three
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 Spring deadline (May - August).
    • 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.
    • Access the form on our Undergraduate Studies Forms page.
Application deadline: 
November 1
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall