List of Major Statistics and Biostatistics Awards

Internal Awards

Organization Award Deadline for nomination* Website NOTES
Rackham Graduate School Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards February 26 Rackham Faculty Awards webpage  
  Distinguished University Professorships March 10    
  Faculty Recognition Awards February 26    
  Henry Russel Award February 2    
  Henry Russel Lectureship February 2    
  Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award January 20   For mentoring
  Rackham Master’s Mentoring Award January 20   For mentoring
UM Office of Research Distinguished University Innovator Award   UM Research Awards webpage  
  Collegiate Research Professorship Award      
  Research Faculty Achievement Award      
  Research Faculty Recognition Award      
UM School of Public Health Searle Professorships   Nominated by faculty For assistant professors(?)
  SPH Research Award   Nominated by Chair  
  SPH Teaching Award   Nominated by anyone  
Center for the Education of Women Sarah Goddard Power Award October 27 CEW SGP Award webpage  
UM Department of Biostatistics Rod Little Lectureship Award     To honor a distinguished alumnae and/or a statistician with outstanding contribution to the field

 * Please note that nomination dates may vary from year to year.

External Awards

Organization Award Deadline for nomination* Website Notes
American Statistical Association Fellows of the ASA March 1 ASA Awards and Scholarships webpage  
  Causality in Statistics Education Award      
  Deming Lecturer Award November 1    
  Founders Award March 1    
  Gottfried E. Noether Awards December 1    
  Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award March 1    
  Health Policy Statistics Section Achievement Awards September 15    
  Karl E. Peace Award  March 1   For outstanding statistical contributions for the betterment of society
  Lester R. Curtin Award      
  ASA Mentoring Award March 1    
  Monroe. G. Sirken Award in Interdisciplinary Survey Methods Research November 1    
  Outstanding Statistical Application Award March 1    
  Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award March 1    
  Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award February 20    
  Waller Awards March 1    
  W. J. Dixon Award March 1   For excellence in statistical consulting
  W. J. Youden Award March 1   Award in interlaboratory testing
  Nathan Mantel Award   ASA Section on Statistics in Epidemiology webpage  
American Public Health Association Sedgwick Memorial Medal   APHA Awards webpage  
  Spiegelman Award June 1 APHA Statistics webpage  
  Rema Lapouse Award     For achievement in epidemiology, mental health and applied public health statistics
  Rural and Environment Research Award     For environmental research
American Society of Human Genetics ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly William Allan Award)   ASHG Awards webpage  
  ASHG Scientific Achievement Award (formerly Curt Stern Award)      
  ASHG Education Award (formerly Arno Motulksy-Barton Childs Award)     For excellence in human genetics education
  ASHG Advocacy Award      
  ASHG Early-Career Award      
  ASHG Mentorship Award      
  ASHG Leadership Award (formerly Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award)     Leadership
  ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award (formerly Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award)     For excellence in human genetics research
  AJHG Award for Outstanding Trainee Publication (formerly C.W. Cotterman Award)      
  Developing Country Awards      
  Human Genetics Scholars Initiative      
BU School of Public Health L. Adrienne Cupples Award   BU SPH Cupples Award webpage  
Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Presidents' Award December 15 COPSS Awards webpage  
  F.N. David Award December 15   Awarded on odd years
  R.A. Fisher Lectureship December 15    
  G.W. Snedecor Award December 15   Awarded on odd years
  Elizabeth L. Scott Award December 15   Awarded on even years
American Association for the Advancement of Science Visit website for full list of awards   AAAS Awards webpage  
American Academy of Arts and Sciences  Visit website for full list of awards   AMACAD Awards webpage  
National Academy of Medicine Membership   NAM homepage Two nominators who are members of NAM, at least one (preferably two) from outside UM
Institute of Mathematical Statistics IMS Fellow January 31 IMS Fellow Award webpage  
International Biometric Society Rob Kempton Award October 31 IBS Awards webpage For outstanding contribution to the development of biometry in the developing world
  Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Development of the IBS October 31   Contribution to the development of the IBS
International Prize in Statistics The International Prize in Statistics    IPS webpage  
National Institute of Statistical Sciences Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research   NISS Jerome Sacks Award webpage For cross-disciplinary research
UAB School of Public Health Janet L. Norwood Award July 15 Janet Norwood Award webpage  

 * Please note that nomination dates may vary from year to year.