We are pleased to announce the following four IMS members have been selected to receive the 2026 IMS Lawrence D. Brown PhD Student Award:

Jin-Hong Du, Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science & Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong; Yu Gui, Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (PhD institution: Department of Statistics, the University of Chicago); Subhodh Kotekal, Norbert Wiener Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Reese Pathak, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Statistics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

The award will fund their travel to next year’s IMS Annual Meeting, in Salzburg, Austria, July 6–9, 2026 [see cover article]. They will each present a paper at the invited session of the IMS Lawrence D. Brown PhD Student Award.

Lawrence D. Brown had a distinguished academic career with groundbreaking contributions to a range of fields in theoretical and applied statistics. Moreover, he was an enthusiastic and dedicated mentor to many graduate students. Applications are open for next year’s award. Eligible applicants for the 2027 award will compete to be one of four speakers at an invited session as part of the IMS Annual Meeting, at JSM in Chicago. The award will also include reimbursement for both travel and the meeting registration fee—up to $2,000 in total for each winner. The next deadline is July 1, 2026; you can find application information at https://www.imstat.org/ims-awards/ims-lawrence-d-brown-ph-d-student-award/