Eligibility:

• Students who are graduating with a BS from Case School of Engineering (or Math major from College of Arts and Sciences).
• Students who have applied to the M.S. degree (Plan A) in Computer Science or will submit the M.S. application simultaneously with the application to the scholarship program. Students in an M.S. program not in Computer Science but with a research focus in the areas of computer science or data science also will be considered. BS/MS students are also eligible to apply for their Masters year, however, BS/MS recipients must be in graduate student status in order to receive Herbold Scholarship funds.
• Research focus (for thesis work) in the computer science or data science areas and with some level of interdisciplinarity.
• UG GPA minimum: 3.6 in the major; a 3.5 GPA must be sustained to keep the scholarship.
• Both domestic and international students are eligible. Underrepresented students are encouraged to apply. The scholarship will be awarded with consideration for diversity.

Requirements:

• In addition to the materials required by the M.S. application, each candidate should submit a research statement (up to 500 words) that describes the planned research and reflects aspects of the interdisciplinary nature of the work.
• Each candidate should submit a planned program of study (PPOS) that includes the number credit hours needed to complete the degree and the length of time the student expects to remain in the M.S. program.
• In the case that a student receiving this award is not a CS student, the student must agree to include at least one member of his/her thesis committee from Computer Science.
• Awardees must agree to participate in occasional stewardship opportunities with the donor and in publicity of the award.