Hi all,
A reminder that the spring submission deadline for the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC) is coming up in a couple weeks, on Thursday, June 18.
Call for project submissions
Please encourage students to submit their class projects, capstone projects, and independent research projects for our next cycle. Winners receive cash prizes and have the opportunity to present at the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference (eUSR)!
Competition tracks are available for all student levels
The purpose of USPROC is to encourage the development of data analysis skills, to enhance presentation skills, and to recognize outstanding work by undergraduate statistics students. There are two main categories for submission:
1. Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP): For students taking statistics courses at the introductory or intermediate levels (these categories are judged separately). While course specifics and details will vary by institution, "introductory" courses will generally be those with few prerequisites; courses with multiple statistics prerequisites and/or covering material beyond linear and logistic regression, or having a substantive methodological focus, would be considered "intermediate". Find out more details at this link:
https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/usclap
2. Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition (USRESP): For students who conduct statistics research (e.g. projects in an REU, capstone, or an independent research) or who are taking an advanced senior-level statistics course. Find out more details at this link:
https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/usresp
Call for judges
We are actively seeking volunteers to participate as judges for the upcoming round of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC). The judging process would begin in July or early August, following the June 18th submission deadline.
If you're interested in judging projects for the Spring 2026 submission cycle,
fill out this form. Anyone interested in judging projects will be given projects to judge.
Based on the typical number of submissions, judging should not amount to more than 6 hours of work. It is done independently, with some e-mail discussion (when needed) to decide on prizes. To provide you with a timeline overview, we would send you projects to score in July or early August, and allow about 3-4 weeks to complete the judging. Each project is scored by multiple judges. If you are able to help, we will send further instructions closer to the submission deadline. Thank you in advance for your consideration!
Best, the USPROC & eUSR Co-Chairs,
Ciaran Evans (Wake Forest University)
Ranjini Grove (University of Washington)
Shaoyang Ning (Swarthmore College)
Annie Tang (Colby College)
Victoria Woodard (Notre Dame University)
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Ciaran Evans
Assistant Teaching Professor
Wake Forest University
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