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, 2022.
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, 2022, preferably by email in PDF format, to:
Michael Kosorok
Chair, COPSS Presidents’ Award Committee
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Email: kosorok@bios.unc.edu
Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
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. The 2023 award winner will deliver the lecture at the JSM in Toronto, Canada. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2022, preferably by email in PDF format, to:
Jianwen Cai
Chair, COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship Committee
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Email: cai@bios.unc.edu
F.N. David Award and Lectureship
The F.N. David Award and Lectureship are presented biennially (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 2023 award winner will deliver the F.N. David Lecture at the JSM in Toronto, Canada. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2022, preferably by email in PDF format, to:
Kate Crespi
Chair, COPSS F.N. David Lecture and Award Committee
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
UCLA School of Public Health
Email: ccrespi@ucla.edu
George W. Snedecor Award
The George W. Snedecor Award is presented biennially (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, 2022, preferably by email in PDF format, to:
Sebastien Haneuse
Chair, COPSS GW Snedecor Award Committee
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Email: shaneuse@hsph.harvard.edu
COPSS Emerging Leader Award
The COPSS Emerging Leader Award is presented 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. The award shall be given each year to a maximum of eight persons and will be announced at the JSM in Toronto, Canada. This award, established in 2020, was originally known as the COPSS Leadership Academy. Nominations must be sent by December 15, 2022, preferably by email in PDF format, to:
David Haziza
Chair, COPSS Emerging Leader Award Committee
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Ottawa
Email: haziza@dms.umontreal.ca