Jerald F. Lawless Graduate Scholarship in Biostatistics

Students applying for admission to the program will be considered based on their application for admission currently registered students will be required to submit a one-page written statement describing their research, along with a nomination form from their graduate supervisor or other supporting SAS faculty member.

Eligibility & selection criteria:

• Doctoral students who are, or will be, registered full-time in the Biostatistics program in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS) in the Faculty of Mathematics.
• Selection to be based on academic excellence (minimum cumulative average of 80% or equivalent) and research potential.
• Students applying for admission to the program will be considered based on their application for admission currently registered students will be requested to submit a one-page written statement describing their research, along with a nomination form to the graduate studies office in SAS normally in the winter term.
• This scholarship will be awarded in addition to any funding the student may have already been offered or is already receiving.
• The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science will select recipients normally in the winter term with scholarship payments starting in the following fall term.