The Samit and Reshma Sharma Scholarships in Law, Technology and Society were created in 2024 by the Samit & Reshma Sharma Foundation to celebrate the excellence of research and mentoring at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, Canada’s premiere research hub for technology law, ethics and policy.  

The scholarships aim to enhance societal knowledge and interdisciplinary expertise in law, ethics and policy surrounding technology by supporting graduate students at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and research excellence with the most significant practical impact in law, technology and society. 

Each year, the selection committee will award a minimum scholarship of $3,500.  

These scholarships are generously supported by donations made to the Centre by the Samit & Reshma Sharma Foundation. 

Nominees must be enrolled as full-time graduate students in a master’s or doctoral program of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences or the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa.

Nominees must be under the primary academic supervision of a full-time faculty member of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

Nominees must demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and research excellence in graduate studies with the most significant practical impact in law, technology and society. 

Students cannot directly apply for this award.

Each year, professors who are Faculty members of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society will be invited to nominate candidates.

Nomination may be supported by the dean of the Faculty or the chair of a school or department in which the student is primarily enrolled. 

This scholarship program is managed by the Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

For any questions regarding this program, please reach out to the Centre at [email protected] .