Nominations Needed
Distinguished Achievement Award and Young Investigator Award
Nominations are needed for the ENVR Distinguished Achievement Award and
the brand new ENVR Young Investigator Award. Both are given in recognition
of outstanding contributions to the development of methods, issues, concepts,
applications, and initiatives of environmental statistics. The Young Investigators
Award is meant to encourage and recognize younger members of the envi-
ronmental statistics community. We use a broad definition of environmental
statistics—from theoretical/foundational through applications and policy—
and seek to recognize the full range of activities of academic, government, and
industrial statisticians and scientists engaged in statistics and the environment.
Environmental statistics is interdisciplinary, and outstanding contributions may
occur outside of traditional niches.
The criteria for receiving a Distinguished Achievement Award
include the following:
ENVR has six active commit-
Having made distinguished contributions to environmental statistics
tees, whose members are appre- Having been a member of ENVR for at least the three years prior to
ciative of nominations and vol- June 1, 2008
unteers. These groups include the
Having not been a recipient from a previous year (see
Committee to Nominate Fellows, the
www.amstat-online.org/sections/envr/ssedaap.html)
Committee on Student Awards and
Travel Fellowships, the Committee on
For the Young Investigators Award, the criteria include:
Distinguished Achievement Awards,
Having made distinguished contributions to environmental statistics
the Special Meetings Committee, the
JSM Presentation Award Committee,
Being a current member of ENVR
and the Nominations Committee for
Having not been a recipient from a previous year (see
ENVR officers.
www.amstat-online.org/sections/envr/ssedaap.html)
On our web site, www.amstat-online. Having not reached his or her 41st birthday during the calendar year
org/sections/envr/sseoff.html, you can find of the award (In the special case of an individual who has received
out more about ENVR, including infor- his or her terminal degree in statistics fewer than 12 years prior to
mation about our elected and appoint- the nomination deadline, a nominee will be eligible who has not yet
ed officers, back issues of our popular
reached his or her 46th birthday during the calendar year of the award.)
ENVR newsletter, details about work-
shops, awards, and many other items
For both awards, the committee considers only those members for whom nom-
of interest.
inations are submitted. Committee members do not offer nominations them-
Of course, no greeting from the
selves, but encourage members to make a thorough search for good candidates.
chair would be complete without an
For the 2009 competition, the nomination materials should consist of a nomi-
annual plea for new blood, particularly
nation letter featuring the nominee’s contributions to environmental statistics, a
students. Join ENVR and see what all
CV for the nominee, (not to exceed five pages), up to three supporting letters, and
the fuss is about. The plea also must
a clear statement for which of the two awards the nominee should be considered.
be extended to existing members to
If being considered for the Young Achievement Award, submit the birth date
get more involved, bring a friend, join
of the nominee. The committee will use the “Jonathanian” method for calculating
a committee, run for office, organize a
the age of the nominee.
workshop, or just send an idea or two
Nominations must be received by March 15, 2009. The nomination may be
our way. Opportunities abound, but
submitted electronically as a PDF document (preferred) or as a Word file to Lance
regardless of your level of involvement,
A. Waller, past section chair, at lwaller@sph.emory.edu. If submitted as a hard
be sure to attend our annual social and
copy, send the original and five copies to Waller, Department of Biostatistics and
awards ceremony the Monday evening
Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton
of JSM. We’ll present this year’s distin-
Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.
guished achievement medals, student
The Committee on Distinguished Achievement Awards and Young Investigator
paper awards, travel fellowships, JSM
Awards will make the selection, and successful nominees will receive their awards
presentation awards, and young investi-
at the ENVR business meeting and reception during the 2009 Joint Statistical
gator awards. So, come join us for the
Meetings in Washington, DC. Questions regarding the award should be addressed
awards, food, libations, and great com-
to Waller at lwaller@sph.emory.edu.
pany. We’ll see you in DC. ■
FEBRUARY 2009 AMSTAT NEWS 51
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