Westat established the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship Trust Fund in 1995 to honor its cofounder and chair emeritus and to help support a student’s graduate education. Under Bryant’s leadership, Westat—an employee-owned statistical firm established in 1961—has grown into one of the world’s leading statistical research corporations serving federal, state, and local governments, as well as businesses and foundations.
One scholarship recipient is selected annually. Honorees receive a cash prize of $2,500.
Selection of the scholarship recipient is made by the ASA Bryant Scholarship Award Committee based on the following criteria:
Applications are due by March 1 and require the following:
Please contact the committee chair.
2023: Soumojit Das 2022: Stephanie Wu 2021: Sepideh Mosaferi 2021: Xiaofei Zhang 2020: Ali Rafei 2020: Lingxiao Wang 2019: No winner selected
2018: Ying Han 2017: Hejian Sang 2016: Judith N. Law 2014: Shu Yang