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Dr. Stan Heaps Memorial University Scholarship in Computer Science 2016

Posted by Faculty of Computer Science on March 2, 2016 in News

The Canadian Information Processing Society of Nova Scotia is pleased to invite applications for a $1000 scholarship available to candidates meeting the general qualifications.

General qualifications:

  • Student about to enter either of the final two years of a 4-year university program leading to a degree with specialization in computer studies in a Nova Scotia University
  • Candidates must have achieved a minimum overall GPA of 2.67 (70% average)
  • Canadian citizen or landed immigrant

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of overall academic merit with an emphasis on courses most relevant to computing science.  Extracurricular, leadership and community involvement activities may also be considered.

Application forms are available on the CIPS Nova Scotia Website at http://ns.cips.ca/cips_2016_scholarship

Applicants may submit any additional information to support their application.

May 27, 2016

Applications and transcripts received

June 27, 2016

Decision rendered and communicated

September 2016

Scholarship awarded

*** The recipient of the scholarship will also receive a free one-year membership in CIPS Nova Scotia.  To find out more about CIPS National, visit the web site at www.cips.ca. To find out more about CIPS Nova Scotia, visit the web site at http://ns.cips.ca/

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