Description

The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) sponsors and presents the COPSS Presidents' Award annually to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. The award was established in 1976, consists of a plaque and cash award and is presented annually at the Joint Statistical Meetings.

Eligibility

The award is open to junior members of the statistical community regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality or citizenship. Specifically, eligible candidates either i) will be under age 41 throughout the award calendar year or ii) will be under age 46 throughout the award calendar year and will have received a terminal statistically-related degree no more than 12 years prior to that year.

Nominations may be made by members of any of the COPSS affiliated organizations. No member of the Award Committee, officer of COPSS or societal member of COPSS shall be eligible to receive the award during his or her term of service.

Additional details concerning eligibility can be found on the COPSS website.

Prize

The award consists of a plaque, a citation and a cash honorarium.

How to Apply

Nomination documents, in PDF format, should be submitted directly to Bo Li at libo@illinois.edu by the external deadline. Further information about submitting a nomination can be found on the COPSS website. Please also submit a copy of the full nomination and OR-5 to research.services@uoguelph.ca by the external deadline.

For More Information

Contact ailsakay@uoguelph.ca or Bo Li at libo@illinois.edu. Please also see the COPSS website for more details.