Joint Statistical Meetings

The Health Policy Statistics Section (HPSS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) cordially invites submissions for our student paper competition at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). The award for the HPSS student paper competition offers an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their research, gain recognition, and kick-start their professional careers. HPSS has consistently received high-quality submissions. If you have a teaching or mentoring role, please bring this opportunity to the attention of your students and encourage them to apply.

Competition Focus: We seek papers that either advance statistical theory or methodology motivated by health policy problems or perform thorough and sound statistical analyses on health policy issues aligned with the objectives of HPSS.

Prizes: Up to five winners will be selected, and each winner will receive the following:

·         An $800 (USD) check

·         An award certificate

·         A ticket to the HPSS Speaker with Lunch roundtable at JSM

Eligibility:

·         Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students at any level, as well as those who graduated in 2024 and wish to present research conducted as students, are eligible

·         The applicant must be the first author of the paper if there are other co-authors

·         The applicant must be a member of HPSS

Additional Requirements:

·         Students may submit papers to no more than two ASA Sections and may accept only one Section's award. Students must inform both Sections applied when he or she wins and accepts an award, thereby removing the student from the award competition for the second Section

·         Winners must submit abstracts and register for JSM through the official JSM abstract submission system by the deadline

·         Winners must present their paper in a special topic-contributed session at JSM

·         Winners are encouraged to attend the HPSS Monday night business meeting/mixer to receive their awards

Application Materials:

·         A cover letter including the applicant's name, current affiliation, status (including actual or intended graduation date), contact information (address, telephone, email), and a brief description of how the paper relates to HPSS

·         An abstract of up to 1200 characters

·         Two versions of the paper: one blinded and one unblinded. For the blinded version, please be sure to remove any GitHub link or other information in acknowledgement, funding or any other sections that may potentially reveal the identity of any author. The combined text (title, abstract, keywords, manuscript body, acknowledgments, supplemental information, references) of each version should not exceed 25 pages (A4, single-column and double-spaced format, using 12-point font), excluding tables and figures

·         A letter from the advisor certifying the student's status or recent graduation, and their primary contribution to the research and write­-up

Important Dates:

·         Submission Deadline: Submit all materials here by 11:59 PM EST, November 15, 2024

·         Notification of Winners: Winners will be notified by January 15, 2025

For additional information, please email Zheyu Wang, HPSS Program Chair-Elect, at wangzy@jhu.edu.

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