Sprott Scholarship

The Sprott Scholarship is named after Professor D.A. Sprott, the founding Chair of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. This award is made annually to a registered full-time doctoral student who has been recognized by the Department as having shown particular promise in research in the PhD program prior to the final approval of their thesis. The scholarship provides $1,000 CAD in support to outstanding PhD students in Statistics and Actuarial Science. The selection is made by the Awards subcommittee of the Statistics and Actuarial Science Graduate Committee, and students are selected automatically by the Faculty/Department without need for application. The Graduate Committee retains the discretion not to award the Sprott Scholarship in any given year, and the Department can agree to change the terms of the award at any time. The award is typically provided during the Fall term to support doctoral research excellence.