Edward C. Bryant Scholarship

Members of the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship Committee are accepting applications for the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship award, which is given to an outstanding graduate student studying survey statistics to help support his or her education.

The committee chooses the recipient using the following criteria:

• Potential to contribute to survey statistics
• Applied experience in survey statistics
• Performance in graduate school

The award recipient will be presented with a certificate and $2,500 at the August Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami Beach, Florida.

Applications and letters of recommendation must be received by April 1. Click here or email awards@amstat.org for an application.

Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award

The Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award is given to encourage and recognize members of the communications media who have best displayed an informed interest in the science of statistics and its role in public life. The award can be given for a single statistical presentation or for sustained worthy contributions.

Click here for information and a nomination form. If you have questions, contact Denise Lievesley, committee chair, at denise.lievesley@kcl.ac.uk.

Nominations should be sent to Pam Craven in the ASA office at pamela@amstat.org or 732 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314, attention Award Nominations. The nomination deadline is April 1.

Mu Sigma Rho

Mu Sigma Rho, the national honor society for statistics, would like to invite academic institutions to nominate their outstanding teaching faculty for the 2011 Mu Sigma Rho Statistical Education Award.

The recipient must have evidence of excellence in classroom teaching in statistics and a lifetime devotion to statistics education. Each academic institution is allowed one nomination per year. In the event that more than one nomination is received from a single institution in a year, only the first will be considered. Any college or institution may nominate a potential recipient, regardless of whether the institution has an active Mu Sigma Rho chapter.

Each nomination should include a cover ativan online canadian letter, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, a summary of the nominee’s teaching and educational activities, and at least three letters supporting the nomination. At least two of these letters should come from present or former students and at least one should come from a colleague of the nominee.

The deadline for submission of nominations is May 1. In the event that a nominee is not selected for the 2011 award, the nomination will remain active for three years after the initial submission, unless the institution chooses to put forward another nominee.

Nomination materials can be sent to Lynne Seymour, University of Georgia, 204 Statistics Building, 101 Cedar St., Athens, GA 30602.

The recipient of the award will be notified on or before June 15 and will be presented a plaque during JSM in August. Questions regarding this award can be emailed to Seymour at Seymour@stat.uga.edu.

Outstanding Statistical Application Award

The Outstanding Statistical Application Award was established to recognize the authors of papers that demonstrate an outstanding application of statistics in any substantive field.

Questions may be sent to Petrutza Caragea, committee chair, at pcaragea@iastate.edu. Nominations should be sent to Pam Craven in the ASA office at pamela@amstat.org or 732 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314, attention Award Nominations. The nomination deadline is April 1.

Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Medal

The Wilks Memorial Award is bestowed upon a distinguished individual who has made statistical contributions to the advancement of scientific or technical knowledge, ingenious application of existing knowledge, or successful activity in the fostering of cooperative scientific efforts that have been directly involved in matters of national defense or public interest.

Questions may be addressed to Daniel Zelterman, committee chair, at daniel.zelterman@yale.edu. Nominations should be sent to Pam Craven in the ASA office at pamela@amstat.org or 732 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314, attention Award Nominations. The nomination deadline is April 1.