ASA Fellowships and Grants
FDA-OCE-ASA Oncology Educational Fellowship
This program is a collaborative endeavor of the Food and Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence (FDA-OCE), the American Statistical Association (ASA), and the ASA’s Biopharmaceutical Statistics Section (BIOP). The program is open to PhD students in biostatistics or statistics programs who have passed their program’s qualifying examinations or to current post-doctoral fellows in biostatistics or statistics with a specific interest in oncology drug development. Participants must have completed coursework in clinical trials design and in survival analysis. This fellowship is a unique opportunity for statistics and biostatistics graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to learn about oncology drug development and regulatory policy. There is no cost to participate. For more information and to apply visit https://community.amstat.org/fdaoceasaoncologyeducationalfellowship/home.
ASA Science Policy Fellowship
The ASA Science Policy Fellow works in Washington, DC as a member of the ASA science policy staff to elevate the profile of statistics in policymaking and advocating on behalf of the profession. The fellow is a one to two year position based at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, but spends the bulk of her/his time in Washington, advocating for statistics and experiencing first-hand how federal science policy is formed. In partnership with the director of science policy, the ASA science policy fellow will be responsible for a wide range of activities, including the following:
- Initiating and leading new advocacy topics for the ASA (preferably in collaboration with other societies)
- Advocating specific statistics-related issues to Congress, the administration, and others
- Exploring and implementing ways in which the ASA's science policy activities could be expanded to better meet its responsibilities (e.g., congressional briefings, webinars)
- Maintaining relationships with key policy officials related to statistics (e.g., U.S. Census Bureau, Hill staff, OMB, OSTP, National Academies, etc.)
- Generally supporting the dual responsibilities of ASA science policy work: raising the profile of statistics in policymaking and advocating on behalf of the statistics profession
- Attending policy-related events (e.g., congressional hearings, coalition meetings, conferences, briefings, and colloquia)
- Coordinating ASA participation in statistics and science and technology coalition events
- Speaking publicly on behalf of the ASA, especially for colloquia
- Contributing to communications to ASA members about science policy (e.g., Amstat News, Enews, social media)
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This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public.