The Prize Committee of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) is accepting submissions for the 2021 Savage Award until May 31.

The award, named in honor of Leonard J. “Jimmie” Savage, is bestowed each year upon two doctoral students for outstanding dissertations in Bayesian econometrics and statistics. One award is given in each of the following areas:

• Theory and Methods: For a dissertation that makes important original contributions to the foundations, theoretical developments, and/or general methodology of Bayesian analysis
• Applied Methodology: For a dissertation that makes outstanding contributions with novel Bayesian analysis of a substantive problem that has potential to impact statistical practice in a field of application

A monetary prize of $750 will be awarded. Finalists will be notified in mid-December and invited to present their dissertation research at a special contributed session of the ISBA World Meeting in Montréal, Canada, in 2022, where the award winners will also be announced.

Nominations may be made by any ISBA or ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical Science member.