Professor Chris Heyde 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. To honour his memory, the Chris Heyde Scholarship has been established at the ANU to enable students to study and expand research into these fields.

The scholarship is funded by the interest on contributions from friends, colleagues, family and the ANU Endowment for Excellence. The scholarship will be offered annually subject to funds being available.