Do you know a young investigator who is planning to submit an abstract for the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings? If so, you may wish to let them know the ASA Biometrics Section is seeking applications for the 2015 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award.
This annual award is given to a young investigator for best paper to be presented at JSM. It commemorates the late David Byar, a biostatistician who made significant contributions to the development and application of statistical methods and was esteemed as an exceptional mentor during his career at the National Cancer Institute. The winner will receive $2,000.
In addition to the Byar Award, the section may provide travel awards to the authors of other outstanding papers submitted to the competition.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Have held a doctorate in statistics, biostatistics, or a related quantitative field for three or fewer years as of April 1 of the current year or be currently enrolled as a student in a doctoral program in statistics or biostatistics and in active pursuit of a doctoral degree.
- Be a current member of the Biometrics Section (applicant may join at the time of submission for a $5 annual membership fee [$3 for students]). Note that membership in the ASA does not automatically confer section membership.
- Be first author of the paper. The paper may be unsubmitted, submitted, or under review, but may not have appeared in a journal either online or in print at the time of the application or have been accepted for publication as of December 1, 2014.
- Be scheduled to present the same paper submitted for the award at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington, as either a talk or poster.
- Not have submitted the paper to any other ASA section 2015 student/young investigator award competitions.
Previous Byar award winners and travel award winners are not eligible.
Applicants must submit their JSM abstracts to the Biometrics Section, which will organize a series of topic-contributed sessions to highlight the Byar award and travel award winners. Applicants must submit the following materials by December 1:
- A current CV
- A one-page cover letter that summarizes the paper’s content and contribution
- One copy of the paper
The paper should be a maximum of 25 double-spaced pages (with max of 25 lines per page) including references, but not including tables and figures. Papers that are not within these restrictions will not be considered.
All materials must be submitted electronically starting November 1. Questions should be sent to the section chair, Mike Daniels, at mjdaniels@austin.utexas.edu.
Finalists will be announced by January 15, 2015. Finalists should contact the 2015 section JSM program chair, Rebecca Hubbard, at hubbard.r@ghc.org and submit a topic-contributed abstract for JSM 2015.
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