The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science Professor Suddhendu Biswas Student Travel Award supports a female PhD student from a developing country so she can present her research at an international conference in India. It can be used to cover registration fees and travel-related expenses (e.g., airfare, hotel, and meals). Questions can be emailed to … [Read more...] about Travel Award Available for Female PhD Student
CAUSE Accepting Entries for A-μ-Sing Competition
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is sponsoring the 2025 A-μ-Sing Competition, a contest for students who have an unpublished and original statistics-themed joke, cartoon, song, poem, or video to enter for the chance of winning a cash prize. There is no entry fee. Prizes totaling $1,000 will be awarded with the anticipation of … [Read more...] about CAUSE Accepting Entries for A-μ-Sing Competition
International Scholarship Available for Quality Studies
This scholarship—which honors the memory of Richard A. Freund, a past president of the American Society for Quality—is for graduate study of the theory and application of quality control, quality assurance, quality improvement, and total quality management. It covers the engineering, statistical, managerial, and behavioral foundations of those fields. What You Need to … [Read more...] about International Scholarship Available for Quality Studies
Nominations Sought for Causality in Statistics Education Award
The Causality in Statistics Education Award was established by Judea Pearl and created to acknowledge the growing importance of introducing core elements of causal inference into undergraduate and lower-division graduate classes in statistics. The award provides a $5,000 cash prize each year, and nominations are due April 5. … [Read more...] about Nominations Sought for Causality in Statistics Education Award
Joint Sections on Statistical Computing, Graphics Announce Student Awards
The 2025 John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award goes to Adam Bartonicek of the University of Auckland (for R package Plotscaper). The review panel for the award consisted of David Dahl, Arun Chind, Thomas Yee, Sherry Zhang, and Philip Waggoner (awards chair). The 2025 student paper awards went to the following: The review panel for the student … [Read more...] about Joint Sections on Statistical Computing, Graphics Announce Student Awards