Chris Heyde PHD Scholarship

Publication date
Thursday, 23 Feb 2017
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Eligible students are encouraged to apply for the Chris Heyde Scholarship, which provides PhD in the fields of probability, statistical science or stochastic analysis with an award of $5,000, which can be used for conferences and collaboration visits in pursuit of their research.  Funded by the interest on contributions from friends, colleagues and family, the scholarship honours the work of Professor Chris Heyde, who was well known and well regarded amongst his colleagues and friends for his substantial contribution to many areas of probability, statistics and stochastic analysis during his lifetime. 

Previous winners, including Kevin Lu (2015) and Le Chang (2016) have benefited from receipt of the scholarship, which has enhanced their ability to attend international conferences and pursue research opportunities.  

Interested applicants can apply online here by March 31, 2017