Please visit https://community.amstat.org/copss/home for details of eligibility and nomination requirements for all these awards. Please send nominations (preferably by e-mail in PDF format) to the committee chairs by December 15, 2021.

Presidents’ Award

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 (see COPSS website for more details on eligibility criteria). Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2021, preferably by email in PDF format, to:

Tianxi Cai 

Chair, COPSS Presidents’ Award Committee

Harvard University

Email: tcai@hsph.harvard.edu 

Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship

The Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship (DAAL) is awarded annually to recognize the importance of statistical methods for scientific investigations. The 2022 award winner will deliver the lecture at the JSM in Washington D.C. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2021, preferably by email in PDF format, to:

Rebecca Doerge

Chair, COPSS DAAL Award Committee

Carnegie Mellon University

Email: rwdoerge@cmu.edu

Elizabeth L. Scott Award and Lectureship

The Elizabeth L. Scott Award and Lectureship are presented biennially (even-numbered years) to an individual, male or female, who has helped foster opportunities in statistics for women. The 2022 award winner will deliver the E.L. Scott Lecture at the JSM in Washington D.C. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2021, preferably by email in PDF format, to:

Rebecca Hubbard

Chair, COPSS E.L. Scott Lecture and Award Committee

University of Pennsylvania

Email: rhubb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

COPSS Leadership Academy Award

The COPSS Leadership Academy Award was established in 2020 to recognize early-career statistical scientists who show evidence of and potential for leadership and who will help shape and strengthen the field. The award is designed both to call attention to the efforts of these individuals and to provide a mechanism for them to share their vision for the field with each other and the statistical community. Nominations should be submitted in PDF format by December 15, 2021, to:

Richard Samworth

Chair, COPSS Leadership Academy Award Committee

University of Cambridge

Email: r.samworth@statslab.cam.ac.uk