ISI- Competition for Young Statisticians

[Associacao Brasileira de Estatistica <abe@ime.usp.br>]

                             JAN TINBERGEN AWARDS 
                      COMPETITION FOR YOUNG STATISTICIANS 
                            FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

                                     2007

The International Statistical Institute (ISI) announces the Thirteenth 
Comprtition among young statisticians from developing countries who are 
invited to submit a paper on any topic within the broad field of statistics, 
for possible presentation at the 56th Session of the ISI to be held in Lisbon, 
Portugal in 2005.

Participation in the competition is open to nationals of developing countries 
who are living in a developing country, who were born in 1975 or later. 
Developing countries will be defined as countries with an annual GDP per 
capita of less than US$4000 ( U.N. February 2005); see list at 
http://isi.cbs.nl/tinbergen/developing.htm.

Previous winners of the award are prohibited to compete again.

Papers submitted must be unpublished, original works which may include 
material from participants´ university theses. The papers submitted will be 
examined by an International Jury of distinguished statisticians who will 
select the three best papers presented in the competition. Their decision will 
be final.

Each author of winning paper will receive the Jan Tinbergen Award in the 
amount of Euro 2269 and be invited to present their papers at the Lisbon 
Session of ISI, with all expenses paid (i.e. round trip airline ticket from 
his/her place of residence to Lisbon plus a lump sum to cover living expenses).

Manuscripts for the Competition should be submitted in time to reach the ISI 
not later than January 1, 2007.

The rules governing the preparation of papers, aplication forms and full 
details are available on request from the ISI Permanent Office. The address is 
a follows:


                 The Director of the Permanent Office
                  International Statistical Institute
                     428 Prinses Beatrixlaan
                 2273 XZ Voorburg, The Netherlands
                Fax: +31 70 386025; E-mail:isi@cbs.nl