Please visit COPSS Awards website for details of eligibility and nomination requirements for the following awards. Nominations should be sent by email in PDF format to the committee chairs.
The Presidents’ Award is presented annually to a young member of one of the participating societies of COPSS in recognition of outstanding contributions to the statistics profession. It is typically granted to an individual who either i) has not yet reached his or her 41st birthday during the calendar year of the award 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 must be sent by December 15, 2020, to Paul Gustafson.
The Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship is given yearly to an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to statistical methods that have had significant impact on scientific investigations. This award was formerly known as the R.A. Fisher Lectureship. The 2021 award winner will deliver the lecture at JSM in Seattle, Washington. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2020, to Daniela Witten.
The F.N. David Award and Lectureship is presented biennially in odd-numbered years to a female statistician who serves as a role model to other women by her contributions to the profession through excellence in research, the leadership of multidisciplinary collaborative groups, statistics education, or service to the professional societies. The 2021 award winner will deliver the F.N. David Lecture at JSM in Seattle, Washington. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2020, to Nancy M. Gordon.
The George W. Snedecor Award is presented biennially in odd-numbered years to honor an individual who has been instrumental in the development of statistical theory in biometry and with a noteworthy publication in biometry within three years of the date of the award. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2020, to Kerrie Mengersen.
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