at the awards ceremony during the Joint Statistical Meetings. are due by March 15, 2010. Visit www.amstat.org/careers/
Nominations are due March 5, 2010. For more information, wjyoudenaward.cfm for nomination information. If you
visit www.svsu.edu/orgs/spaig. If you have questions, email Jai have questions, email Chih-Ming Wang, committee chair, at
Choi at JCHOI@mail.mcg.edu, Rahul Parsa at rahul.parsa@ jwang@boulder.nist.gov.
drake.edu, or Morteza Marzjarani at marzjara@svsu.edu.
Statistics in Chemistry Award
Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
The Statistics in Chemistry Award is bestowed upon a distin-
Applications for the Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship are limited guished individual or individuals based on their innovative use
to women who are citizens or permanent residents of the United of statistics to solve a problem in chemistry and the impact of
states or Canada and who are admitted to a graduate statis- the solution on the problem. In odd-numbered years, the award
tics (including biostatistics and other statistical sciences) pro- is presented for a paper published in refereed statistics, chemis-
gram by July 1 of the award year. Two awards will be made to a try, or chemometrics journals during the previous two years. In
woman in or entering the early stages of graduate training (MS even-numbered years, the award is presented for work between a
or PhD) and a woman in a more advanced stage of training. statistician and chemist in an industrial/manufacturing company
Each recipient will receive a certificate and cash prize, presented performed during the previous two years. A statistician, to be eli-
at the awards ceremony during the Joint Statistical Meetings. gible for the award, must be a member of the ASA. Nominations
The current amount of the prize is $4,000, which is divided are due by March 15, 2010. Nomination letters, along with six
evenly among the winners. Applications are due by February copies of the publication(s) should be sent to Ken Goldberg,
15, 2010. Visit www.amstat.org/education/coxscholarship.cfm for committee chair, at kgoldber@its.jnj.com. For more information,
information and application forms. If you have questions, email visit www.amstat.org/careers/statisticsinchemistryaward.cfm.
Eleanor Feingold, committee chair, at feingold@pitt.edu.
Samuel S. Wilks Award
Founders Award
The Samuel S. Wilks Award is
In 1988, the ASA Board voted to establish the Founders Award bestowed upon a distinguished
to recognize members who have rendered distinguished service individual who has made con-
to the association. The individual selected will have served the tributions to the advancement
association for an extended time, usually in a variety of leader- of scientific or technical knowl-
ship roles in section, chapter, committee, editorial, or officer edge, ingenious application of
capacities wherein effective service or leadership was provided existing knowledge, or success-
within the ASA or through ASA outreach to other organiza- ful activity in the fostering of
tions. The award recipients will be presented with a certificate cooperative scientific efforts
and engraved crystal bowl. This award differs from all other that have been directly involved
ASA awards in that the recipients are not notified in advance; in matters of national defense
it is presented as a surprise at the awards ceremony during or public interest. A prize of $1,500 and an engraved award
the Joint Statistical Meetings. Nominations are due by March will be presented at the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings.
15, 2010. Visit www.amstat.org/careers/foundersaward.cfm for Nominations are due by March 15, 2010. Visit www.amstat.
nomination information. If you have questions, email Sally C. org/careers/samuelwilksaward.cfm for nomination information.
Morton, committee chair, at morton@rti.org. If you have questions, email Daniel Zelterman, committee
chair, at daniel.zelterman@yale.edu.
W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing
The W. J. Youden Award was established in 1985 to recog-
Outstanding Statistical Application Award
nize publications that make outstanding contributions to the The Outstanding Statistical Application Award was estab-
design and/or analysis of interlaboratory lished in 1986 to recognize papers that demonstrate an out-
tests or describe ingenious approaches standing application of statistics in any substantive field.
to the planning and evaluation of data The award is bestowed upon a distinguished individual or
from such tests. The award is bestowed individuals based on the impact of the statistical application
upon a distinguished individual whose in addressing a significant problem and the ingenuity and/
publications have appeared or been or novelty of the statistical treatment. Eligible work includes
accepted for publication in a profes- papers, monographs, reports, or other substantive evidence
sionally refereed journal or monograph appearing two years prior to the presentation of the award.
series during the given year or the two All nominated work must have been externally peer reviewed
immediately preceding years. Each and, preferably, formally refereed. The award will be present-
recipient will receive an engraved award ed during the Joint Statistical Meetings and consists of an
and cash prize, presented at the awards engraved award and a $1,000 prize, divided evenly among the
ceremony during the Joint Statistical winners. Nominations are due by February 15, 2010. Visit
Meetings. The current amount of the www.amstat.org/careers/outstandingstatisticalapplicationaward.
prize is $1,000, which is divided even- cfm for nomination information. If you have questions, email
ly among the winners. Nominations Petruta C. Caragea, committee chair, at pcaragea@iastat.edu.
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