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
Awards and Scholarships
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
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
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
ASA Pride Scholarship Nominations Open
Nominations will be accepted for the ASA Pride Scholarship until March 31. To be eligible, candidates must meet the following conditions: The ASA Pride Scholarship was established to raise awareness and support the success of LGBTQ+ statisticians and data scientists, as well as allies. The scholarship celebrates their diverse backgrounds and highlights the skills and … [Read more...] about ASA Pride Scholarship Nominations Open