The Prize Committee of ISBA is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the 2014 Mitchell Prize and Savage Awards .
The winner(s) will be announced at the Joint Statistical meetings in Seattle, 2015. The deadline for submissions is 31 May, 2014 ( midnight UTC/GMT, 7pm EST, 4pm PST).
The Mitchell Prize is given in recognition of an outstanding paper that describes how a Bayesian analysis has solved an important applied problem. The prize includes a check for $1,000.00 and a plaque. Details on the Mitchell Prize, including names of past winners, eligibility details, and the on-line application procedure, can be found at http://www.bayesian.org/awards/MitchellPrize.html .
The Savage Award, named in honor of Leonard J. "Jimmie" Savage, is bestowed each year on two outstanding doctoral dissertations in Bayesian Econometrics and Statistics, one each in “Theory & Methods” and “Applied Methodology”. Doctoral dissertations submitted for the Savage Prize must be written in English. Up to two awards of $750.00 will be awarded. Finalists will be notified in mid-December and invited to present their dissertation research at a special contributed session at the 2015 JSM in Seattle , with the winners announced at the meeting . For details on the Savage Award, including names of past winners, eligibility details, and the on-line application procedure, please visit http://www.bayesian.org/awards/Savage.html .
Nominations for the Mitchell and Savage Award may be made by any ISBA or SBSS member. To join ISBA please go to
https://bayesian.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=22 .
For questions regarding any of the Prizes or Awards may be sent to the ISBA Prize Committee at awards@bayesian.org .