Dear SRMS community,
Please consider nominating one of your deserving colleagues for the Monroe G. Sirken Award in Interdisciplinary Survey Methods Research.
The nomination deadline is Friday, November 1.
The award recognizes a distinguished researcher for contributions to interdisciplinary survey research that have improved the theory and methods of collecting, verifying, processing, presenting, or analyzing survey data. This year, the award will recognize individuals who have advanced the utility and efficiency of sample surveys through the application of theories and methods from the statistical, computer, and information sciences.
The awardee will be selected by a joint ASA-AAPOR committee. The honoree will be invited to give the Sirken Lecture (an invited paper) at the 2026 JSM and receive a $5,000 honorarium and an award citation. Registration for the conference will be complimentary, but travel will not be covered.
Previous awardees include Norman Bradburn in 2015, Eleanor Singer in 2016, Michael Brick in 2017, Colm O’Muircheartaigh in 2018, Judith Lessler in 2019, Roger Tourangeau in 2020, Edith de Leeuw in 2021, Trivellore Raghunathan (Raghu) in 2022, Andrew Gelman in 2023, Michael Elliott in 2024, and Kirk Wolter in 2025.
Additional information about the award can be found here.
To nominate a candidate, please fill in the Nomination Form by Friday, November 1, 2025, and provide the following:
· Nominating letter
· Candidate’s CV
· Three letters of support (max 2 pages each)
· Candidate’s short bio
Please feel free to contact me at julia.soulakove@ucf.edu with any questions. PLEASE DO NOT reply to all!
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Julia Soulakova
Sirken Award Committee Chair
Professor of Medicine
University of Central Florida
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