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Dear students and mentors,
The Washington Statistical Society (WSS) is offering travel support to a local area (DC, MD, or VA) student in a statistics (or related discipline) degree program. The support includes $800 plus early-bird student conference registration to one American Statistical Society (ASA) meeting or conference between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027. A full list of eligible events may be found on ASA's website. A one-year student membership to the ASA and a one-year student membership to the WSS are also granted to the winner.
Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. EST on November 15, 2025, and the winner will receive notification by January 15, 2026.
Please see the attached application form on how to apply. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, Oksana Balabay (OksanaBalabay@westat.com), the WSS Student Travel Competition Chair, with the subject line "WSS STUDENT TRAVEL COMPETITION".
Joining the WSS is easy – do it now at https://washstat.org/joinus.html if you haven't already!
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Oksana Balabay
Westat
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