Student Paper Competition/Travel Award to Attend Joint Statistical Meetings

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2010 SBSS Student Paper Competition

The Section on Bayesian Statistical Science (SBSS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) is sponsoring a student paper competition for research on Bayesian methodology. Bayesian methodology is to be widely interpreted, including applied, computational, and theoretical work. This paper competition is for completed research, and a manuscript suitable for journal submission is required to enter the competition. Winners of the competition will receive partial support for attending the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Vancouver, BC.

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate, the candidate must have been a full-time student (undergraduate, Masters, or Ph.D.) on or after September 1, 2009. The candidate must have separately submitted an abstract to the JSM through the regular abstract submission process to present research which involves Bayesian methods. The candidate must be first author on the paper, and the advisor or other co-author will need to write a letter stating that the candidate had primary responsibility for the research and write-up. The candidate must be a member of SBSS (see here) or the ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis). Those candidates who have previously received travel support from SBSS are not eligible to participate.

Papers should be submitted for presentation at the JSM as topic contributed papers. Papers not already part of a topic contributed session, should be submitted online, here, using the following settings:

* Abstract Type: Topic contributed
* Sub Type: Papers
* Sponsor: Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
* Organizer: Alyson Wilson
* Title: Student Paper Competitions

Application materials

The following materials are needed to enter the competition. The deadline for application is Feb. 1, 2010 (the same as the JSM abstract submission deadline). Formal application is to be made in electronic form to Professor Vanja Dukic (vanja@uchicago.edu).

* A curriculum vita.
* An abstract number from the ASA.
* A letter from the major professor (advisor), verifying the student status of the candidate and briefly describing the candidate's role in the research and writing of the paper.
* The paper, in .pdf format.

Selection of winners

Papers will be reviewed by a committee determined by the officers of the SBSS. Criteria for selection will include, but are not limited to, significance and potential impact of the research. Decisions of the committee are final, and will be announced in the Spring before the JSM.

Prizes

SBSS anticipates awarding up to 10 prizes in the competition. Prizes will consist of a certificate to be presented at the SBSS section meeting and partial support (up to $1000) for attending the JSM. The awards may be unable to cover the entirety of any winner's travel, so winning candidates may need to supplement the SBSS award with other funds. To receive a monetary prize, the winner will need to provide proof of membership and submit travel receipts to the SBSS treasurer (Aparna Huzurbazar, email: aparna at stat.unm.edu) after the JSM.

Vanja Dukic
SBSS Program Chair-Elect
Department of Health Studies
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637

Last modified by Ming-Hui Chen
(email: mhchen at stat.uconn.edu)
October 1, 2009