Tyler Rooney Mathematics Entrepreneurship Award

Award type: 
Entrepreneurial awards
Award description: 

An award, valued at $2,000, will be provided each term to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in Year Two, Three, or Four of any program in the Faculty of Mathematics, who are pursuing an Enterprise Co-op opportunity. Selection will be based on the development of an outstanding presentation, business plan review, clarity of business description, and preparedness to lead a venture, or social enterprise. Interested students should apply to be accepted into the Enterprise Co-op program no later than the start of the co-op term. This fund is made possible by a donation from Tyler Rooney (BMath ’04, Computer Science) to support the next generation of entrepreneurial students.

Value: 
$2,000
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • pursuing an Enterprise Co-op opportunity
  • based on the development of an outstanding presentation, business plan review, clarity of business description, and preparedness to lead a venture, or social enterprise
  • interested students should apply to be accepted into the Enterprise Co-op program no later than the start of the co-op term
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: 
Students considered automatically - no application.
Term: 
Winter, Spring, Fall
Additional instructions: 

Interested students should apply to be accepted into the Enterprise Co-op program no later than the start of the co-op term.

Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall