Chapter Awards Criteria


Nominations for 2023-2024 Awards Are Now Closed

Congratulations to All Award Winners!

CHAPTER AWARD CRITERIA 
  • This Award is established to recognize local statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to applied, methodological, and/or theoretical statistics research. Nominees should have an established career in the greater Philadelphia area for at least five years. The nominees should have demonstrated national and international recognition for exemplary scholarly accomplishments (significance, originality, shaping/furthering the field) in the profession of statistics since their terminal degree. This award will be given to a maximum of one recipient per year. Nominees with demonstrated contributions to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter and chapter activities are favorably reviewed. Self-nomination is allowed.

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The chapter offers two awards in teaching excellence – one for college or university educators and one for K-12 educators.  These Awards are established to recognize local educators who have consistently inspired within their students a love and passion for statistics. Nominees should have at least five years of full-time teaching in the greater Philadelphia area.  This award will be given to a maximum of one college/university educator and a maximum of one K-12 educator per year. Nominees with demonstrated contributions to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter and Chapter activities are favorably reviewed. Self-nomination is allowed.

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  • Practice Award

    This Award is established to recognize local statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to statistical practice in all areas of applications. Nominees should have an established career in the greater Philadelphia area for at least five years. The nominees should have demonstrated dedication to solutions or improvements over existing approaches and had an impact or potential impact on real-world practice. This award will be given to a maximum of one recipient per year. Nominees with demonstrated contributions to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter and Chapter activities are favorably reviewed. Self-nomination is allowed.

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  • The ASA Philadelphia Chapter Student Awards are established to honor outstanding undergraduate students who intend to pursue research careers in quantitative disciplines including but not limited to statistics, biostatistics, and data science, and outstanding graduate students for their accomplishments in research, teaching, participation in departmental and university activities toward professional development in quantitative disciplines including but not limited to statistics, biostatistics, and data science. This award will be given to a maximum of one junior or senior undergraduate student per year with a major or minor in quantitative disciplines as mentioned above, and a maximum of one current master’s or Ph.D. student per year from schools in the greater Philadelphia area. Nominees with demonstrated contributions to the ASA Philadelphia Chapter and chapter activities are favorably reviewed.

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