Cecilia Downing Linton Memorial Award for Women in Math

Award type: 
Financial need awards/bursaries
Affiliation: 
Woman
Award description: 

An award, valued at up to $5,000, will be provided annually to a full-time undergraduate student who identifies as a woman entering Year Two of any program in the Faculty of Mathematics wherein women are underrepresented. Selection is based on academic excellence (minimum 80% cumulative average) and financial need. Preference will be given to students who participated in volunteer or community activities in Year One. Interested students should submit the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Full-Time Bursary application by the fall term bursary deadline. This fund is made possible by a donation from the late Cecilia Downing Linton. Cecilia felt strongly about encouraging women to pursue careers in mathematics and computer science.

Value description: 

up to $5,000

Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • full-time women undergraduate student entering Year Two of any program in the Faculty of Mathematics wherein women are underrepresented
  • based on academic excellence (minimum 80% cumulative average) and financial need
  • preference given to students who participated in volunteer or community activities in Year One
Level: 
Year Two
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
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Fall
Application details:
  • Complete the bursary application in Quest.
    • Log into your Quest account.
    • Select the Financial Aid tile and open the bursary application link.
    • You only need to submit one bursary application for the term to be considered for any available bursary funds.
    • If you've already submitted the bursary form this term, that's great - you don't have to reapply. We will consider all eligible applicants for this and other available bursary funds.
Application deadline: 
October 31
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall