AmStat Section News,
November 2005

Jennifer Hoeting, Publications Chair

2006 Environmental Statistics Student Paper Award

Sponsored by the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

The Section on Statistics in the Environment (ENVR) of the ASA is sponsoring a student paper competition on the topic of Environmental Statistics. We encourage students to submit papers on their research in this area. The paper may consist of novel approaches to the analysis of environmental data, new methodology applicable in the area of environmental statistics or application of statistics to environmental problems. The selected winner will present his/her paper in a contributed session at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Seattle in August 2006. The winner will receive a $1,000 stipend towards reimbursing the expenses for attending the JSM.

Eligibility: Anyone who is a student in the Fall of 2005 (undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D.) is eligible to participate.

Application materials: The applicant must be the first author of the paper. In addition, a letter must be submitted that verifies the applicant's student status from a faculty member familiar with the student's work and, in the case of joint authorship, indicates what fraction of the contribution is attributable to the applicant. The applicant must also submit an abstract by February 1 to ASA and request a presentation in an ENVR session. Applicants must follow all rules required for paper submission and attendance at the JSM.

Required paper format: The paper must be entirely double-spaced (abstract, main body, references, footnotes and appendices), using at least 11 point type with at least 1 inch margins all around and no longer than 26 pages (inclusive). Materials must be submitted electronically only in Postscript or PDF format. All materials must be in English.

Deadline: January 6, 2006 at 5:00 PM EST. Submit materials to the email address below.

Review Process: Papers will be reviewed by the Student Paper Competition Award committee of the Section on Statistics in the Environment. Selection will be based on a variety of criteria at the discretion of the selection committee, and will include innovation and significance of contribution, amongst others. Award(s) will be announced early in 2006. The decision of the selection committee will be final. This award will recognize an environmental statistics contribution with a certificate and recognition at the ASA ENVR section meeting at the JSM.

Inquiries and application materials should be e-mailed to:

ENVR Student Paper Competition
c/o Andrew B. Lawson
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of South Carolina

e-mail: mailto:alawson@gwm.sc.edu

(Phone contact: (803)-777-6647.)