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ANNOUNCE: RSS Honours
REMINDER
The deadline for submission of nominations for the Royal Statistical Society medals and awards to be made in 2003 is Monday 23 September 2002.
An information pack on nominations for all awards and individual nomination forms are available from the Society's website www.rss.org.uk/about/honpack.html .
The Honours Committee would like to receive as broad a range of nominations as possible to ensure that the awards are made to those who best meet the criteria.
The criteria for the 2003 awards are as follows:
GUY MEDALS
Named after the distinguished statistician, William Guy FRS, the Guy medals are intended to encourage the cultivation of statistics in their scientific aspects, as well as to promote the application of numbers to the solution of important problems in all the relations of life in which the numerical method can be employed, with a view as far as possible to determining the laws which regulate them.
There are three medals in gold, silver and bronze. The Guy Medal in Gold is normally awarded every three years and will next be awarded in 2005. The Silver and Bronze medals are awarded every year.
GUY MEDAL IN SILVER
The Silver Medal may be awarded to any fellow or, in exceptional cases, jointly to two or more fellows in respect of a paper/s of special merit communicated to the Society at its Ordinary Meetings, in respect of a paper/s published in any of the Society's journals. General contributions to statistics may also be taken into account.
GUY MEDAL IN BRONZE
The Bronze Medal may be awarded to fellows, or to non-fellows who are members of a section or a local group, in respect of a paper or papers read to a section or local group or at any conference run by the Society, its sections or groups, or published in any of the Society's journals, preference being given to people under the age of 35. Exceptionally two or more authors of a paper or papers may be considered for the award provided they are members of sections or local groups.
BRADFORD HILL MEDAL
The Bradford Hill Medal was established in memory of Sir Austin Bradford Hill, FRS, former President of the Society, and is awarded every three years to a Fellow of the Society for outstanding or influential contributions to the development, application or exposition of medical statistics.
The award is for work in the area or areas defined by the phrase "development, application or exposition" and this is intended to reflect the diverse ways medical statisticians currently work. Nominees must have contributed in at least two of these areas.
RESEARCH PRIZE
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, a research prize of £500 is awarded biennially for an outstanding original contribution to statistical theory or application as shown in work published in open literature.
The prize is intended for research workers near the beginning of their research career. Eligible candidates may be of any age, but must have been research workers for not more than seven years (excluding any period out of employment) and have been Fellows of the Royal Statistical Society for at least one year prior to 1 September in the session in which the prize is awarded.
Although the prize is not restricted to post-doctoral candidates, in such cases the seven-year time-period would normally be deemed to have started at the commencement of the candidate's Ph.D. studies.
WEST MEDAL
The West Medal was established in memory of John Howard West, a Chartered Statistician and Fellow who died in 1998. It is awarded to any Fellow, or in exceptional circumstances two or more Fellows, for outstanding achievements in, contributions to or influences on the development and use of statistics in the fields of official or social statistics.
This award in particular seeks to recognise statistical work that has led to the greater understanding or provided new insights into the nature of society, and has improved the quality of statistics about society. The achievements, contributions or influence recognised by the award can be related to any country.
2003 will see the first award of the West Medal.
HONORARY FELLOWSHIP
Honorary Fellowship may be awarded in order to recognise the contribution of individuals of great eminence working in other fields, normally related to statistics.
Honorary Fellowship is open to all nationalities.
Paul Gentry
Administrative Officer
Royal Statistical Society
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Direct line: 020 7614 3918
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