Mary E. Thompson Graduate Scholarship in Statistics

Eligibility & selection criteria:

• Doctoral students who are, or will be, registered full-time in the Statistics doctoral 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 minimum funding the student may be offered or 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.