Gertrude M. Cox Award
Members of the Gertrude M. Cox Award Committee are seeking nominations for the 2011 Gertrude M. Cox Award.
The annual award was established in 2003 through a joint agreement between the Washington Statistical Society (WSS) and RTI International. It recognizes a statistician in early to mid-career (fewer than 15 years after his/her terminal degree) who has made significant contributions to survey methodology, experimental design, biostatistics, or statistical computing.
The award is presented at the WSS annual dinner, usually held in June, where the recipient will deliver the keynote address on a topic of general interest to the WSS membership. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, the cost of travel expenses to attend the WSS annual dinner, and a commemorative plaque.
Nominations should be emailed to Karol Krotki at kkrotki@rti.org by February 28. A bio or CV is sufficient; there is no formal application form.
The award is in memory of Gertrude M. Cox (1900–1978). In 1945, Cox became director of the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. In the 1950s, as head of the department of experimental statistics at North Carolina State College, she played a key role in establishing mathematical statistics and biostatistics departments at The University of North Carolina. Upon her retirement from North Carolina State University in 1960, Cox became the first head of the statistical research division at the newly founded RTI. She was a founding member of the International Biometric Society (IBS) and, in 1949, became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute. She served as president of both the American Statistical Association (1956) and IBS (1968–1969). In 1975, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
This year’s award committee consists of Jonaki Bose, Michael Brick, and John Eltinge from WSS and Marcus Berzofsky, Phil Kott, and Krotki (chair) from RTI.
Past recipients include Sharon Lohr, Alan Zaslavsky, Tom Belin, Vance Berger, Francesca Domenici, Thomas Lumley, Jean Opsomer, and Michael Elliott.
Roger Herriot Award
Nominations are being sought for the 2011 Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics. The award is intended to reflect the special characteristics that marked Roger Herriot’s career: dedication to the issues of measurement, improvements in the efficiency of data-collection programs, and improvements and use of statistical data for policy analysis.
The award is not limited to senior members of an organization, nor is it to be considered a culmination of a long period of service. Individuals at all levels within federal statistical agencies, other government organizations, nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and the academic ativan no prescription needed community may be nominated on the basis of their contributions.
The recipient will be chosen by a committee comprising representatives of the Washington Statistical Society and the Social Statistics and Government Statistics sections of the American Statistical Association. Herriot was associated with, and strongly supportive of, these organizations during his career. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and a framed citation, which will be presented at a ceremony during the Joint Statistical Meetings in August. The Washington Statistical Society also will host a seminar given by the winner on a subject of his or her choosing.
Nomination packages should contain the following:
- A cover letter from the nominator that includes references to specific examples of the nominee’s contributions to innovation in methodology, procedure, organization, administration, or other areas of federal statistics (contributions need not have been made by or while a federal employee)
- Up to six additional letters of support that demonstrate the innovativeness of each contribution
- A current CV for the nominee, including contact information
Both individual and group nominations may be submitted. Committee members may consider nominations made for prior years, but they encourage resubmission of those nominations with updated information.
Previous award recipients include Joseph Waksberg, Monroe Sirken, Constance Citro, Roderick Harrison, Clyde Tucker, Thomas Jabine, Donald Dillman, Jeanne Griffith, Daniel Weinberg, and David Banks.
For more information, contact Robert Fay, chair of the 2011 Roger Herriot Award Committee, at (240) 314-2318 or BobFay@Westat.com. Completed packages must be received by April 1. Electronic submissions in Microsoft Word or PDF format are strongly encouraged. Contact Fay to make arrangements to fax or mail a nomination.
Young Researcher Award
The International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) is seeking nominations for two Young Researcher Award winners. The awards will honor an outstanding researcher in theory and one in applications. The recipients will have a birth date of January 1, 1966, or later and have made significant contributions to high-quality research (theory and methodology or applications) and education. Candidates must be an IISA member to be eligible.
Nominations should contain the following:
- A cover letter explaining the significance of the candidate’s research contributions and specifying the area to be considered (theory and methods or applications)
- An updated CV
- Three letters of support
Nomination packages should be sent to M. B. Rao at raomb@UCMAILUC.EDU by February 28 (preferably as a PDF file). Awards will be presented at the IISA conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, to take place April 21–24. Plaques and prizes of $250 will be given.
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