The Survey Research Methods Section, Government Statistics Section, and Social Statistics Section consortium of sections partners each year to host a student paper competition. The winners of the student paper competition are guaranteed a spot to present their paper at the Joint Statistical Meetings and receive $1,000 to defray the costs of attending the conference. This year, … [Read more...] about SRMS/GSS/SSS Consortium Student Paper Competition Winners Announced
Awards and Competitions
Nominations Open for Health Science Awards
Every year, the Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section offers the Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Teaching Award, Distinguished Achievement Award, and Best Contributed Paper at JSM Award. Nominations are open for the following three: Nominations are due by May and should be sent to tshs.asa@gmail.com. … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for Health Science Awards
Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship Offers $1,000 for Government Statisticians
Awarded jointly by the ASA’s Government Statistics and Social Statistics sections, the Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship encourages promising young statisticians to consider a career in government statistics by providing up to $1,000 for use in exploring any of a broad number of opportunities. The scholarship is for students and others early in their careers who show … [Read more...] about Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship Offers $1,000 for Government Statisticians
Enter the ‘Significance,’ RSS Writing Competition
Would you like to win a trophy, publication in Significance, and a presentation slot at the 2025 Royal Statistical Society Conference in Edinburgh? Aimed exclusively at students and early-career statisticians and data scientists, the Significance Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing was created in 2011 as a showcase for emerging stats … [Read more...] about Enter the ‘Significance,’ RSS Writing Competition
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