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The David Cox Medal for Statistics 

Nominations for the inaugural presentation of the 2025 David Cox Medal for Statistics are now open and will be closing on 31 October 2024. 

The David Cox Medal for Statistics commemorates the pioneering statistical work of Sir David Cox in the fields of statistical theory, methodology and applications.  

Three medals are awarded every three years by the RSS in partnership with the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Bernoulli Society, the International Biometric Society (IBS), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and the International Statistical Institute (ISI).  

The awards will be made for the first time in 2025. 

Criteria 
The award will recognise mid-career individuals, with an age limit of 50 (with exceptions made for mitigating circumstances such as career breaks). Awardees' research will be original, with conceptual depth and novelty, moving the field or a substantive application area forward.  

Candidates for the award will be assessed based on a specified body of work, with a limit of up to five papers. It is not necessary for nominees to be members of any of the partner societies. 

Prize Committee  
The Prize Committee consists of one representative from each partner society, the chair of which will rotate between partners on each cycle.  The committee remit is to receive and consider the nominations and to come to an agreement on the medal recipients. 

Search Committee 
The Search Committee consists of two representatives from each partner society, the chair of which will rotate between partners on each cycle. 

The search committee will ensure consistency of caliber of nominations, to ensure the search is wide and deep and that nominations reflect the diversity of the statistical community.   

Download the nomination form from https://rss.org.uk/training-events/events/honours/david-cox-medal/