For the fourth consecutive year, the American Statistical Association (ASA) participated in the annual Capitol Hill Exhibition May 7 sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF). CNSF is a coalition of 130 professional societies, universities, and other stakeholders who work together to support the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The annual event started in 1995.
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Army Funding Opportunities in Probability and Statistics
Wendy Martinez and Alyson Wilson discuss the many Army funding opportunities available from the Army Research Office for statisticians and researchers from academia and industry.
Topic-Contributed Session Proposals Wanted for JSM
The Biometrics Section is seeking proposals for JSM sessions, as well as applications for funding to support outreach projects focused on enhancing awareness of biostatistics among quantitatively talented U.S. students.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Meredith Berthelson and Jennifer Slimowitz Pearl discuss one of the most valuable funding mechanisms for mathematics and statistics graduate students: the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Funding Opportunities for Statisticians to Be Discussed at JSM
Representatives from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and National Security Agency will be available for a dialogue at this year’s JSM. Officials from each funding organization will describe their programs in presentations from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. From 11 a.m. to noon, the program directors will be available to shed light on processes, answer questions, and hear concerns.
NSF and NIH: Funding for FY11
Keith Crank discusses the FY 2011 appropriations.
Some Advice for Beginning Graduate Students in Statistics
STATtr@k is a new Amstat News column geared toward people who are in a statistics program, recently graduated from a statistics program, or recently entered the job world. Featured this month is advice from two previous statistics majors who hope to alleviate some of the pressure and anxiety graduate school can cause.
Biostatistics Funding: Opportunities from NIH
In his column this month, ASA Research and Graduate Education Manager Keith Crank discusses two issues that are important to the biostatistics community: the need for more funding to train the next generation of biostatisticians and the need for more funding for methodological research in biostatistics.