For more information on how to choose an appropriate nominee, please read our IMS Bulletin article How to Nominate a Fellow.
Qualifications for Fellowship
- The candidate shall have demonstrated distinction in research in statistics or probability, by publication of independent work of merit. This qualification may be partly or wholly waived in the case of:
- a candidate of well-established leadership whose contributions to the field of statistics or probability other than original research shall be judged of equal value; or
- a candidate of well-established leadership in the application of statistics or probability, whose work has contributed greatly to the utility of and the appreciation of these areas.
- Candidates for fellowship must be current members of the IMS and must have been members of the IMS for at least two years. You are welcome to email erg@imstat.org to confirm that your nominee meets the membership requirement.
Submission process
Fellow nomination packets will be submitted for a three-year cycle. Nominations for candidates who are not selected will be automatically resubmitted, with no action required by the nominator, for a total of three years. The nominators retain the right to update any nomination materials or withdraw the nomination. After three years have passed, a nominee cannot be renominated until two years have passed.
Nomination Process
When you are ready, you may nominate someone using the form here.
For the nomination you will need:
- Name of Nominee
- Date of birth
- A list of not more than five publications or other reasons for the nomination
- Present position(s)
- Gender
- Field of work
- Draft citation that might accompany the election to Fellowship
- Recent CV (not older than 2 years). The CV should include a list of publications, all degrees, and significant positions held.
- Letter from nominator.
- Three supporting letters (in addition to the nominator’s letter). Letters are expected to explicitly address the above IMS criteria for fellowship. Only three letters will be accepted. IMPORTANT: For those submitting letters of recommendation, each letter writer should only submit letters of recommendation for two fellow nominees each year. Please be sure to pass this information to letter writers as you request letters of recommendation.
There is no limit on nominations and nominations do not count towards letter limitations. The letter limitation only applies in the initial year of nomination and does not carry forward when nominations are automatically resubmitted for three years.
If you are not an IMS member, you may nominate someone, but please reach out to erg@imstat.org to set up your online account to do so.
All items are required for the nomination to be considered.
Deadline
All nominations must be received by January 31.