Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Awards

Eligibility

Please see below for list of awards. Note some awards may have separate deadlines (usually in January or February) of each calendar year.

Summary

SSC Gold Medal Award - January deadline

The Gold Medal is awarded to a person who has made outstanding contributions to statistics or probability, either to mathematical developments or in applied work. The award is normally awarded to someone still active in research. The recipient should be Canadian or a permanent resident of Canada, and must have made high quality research contributions to the statistical sciences in Canada; the work justifying the nomination should have been done primarily in Canada in affiliation with the Canadian statistical sciences community. A recipient of the Gold Medal must have been actively engaged with the wider Canadian statistical community and be a member in good standing of the SSC.
 
A nomination for the Gold Medal Award consists of a nomination letter, a recent CV of the nominee, at least four letters of support, and a suggested citation to accompany the award. The nomination letter must make the case that the nominee has been actively engaged with the Canadian statistical community and has made high quality research contributions to the statistical sciences primarily while in Canada. Nominations for the Gold Medal will be considered valid for three successive competitions unless withdrawn by the nominators. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is January 31.

Honorary Membership Award - January deadline

Honorary Membership in the SSC is awarded to statistical scientists, or in special circumstances other individuals, of outstanding distinction who have made exceptional contributions to the development of the statistical sciences. The recipient should be someone whose work for which the Honorary Membership is awarded was substantially done in Canada or has had a major impact in Canada. The recipient need not be a member of the SSC.
 

A nomination for Honorary Membership consists of a recent CV of the nominee, at least three letters of support, and a suggested citation to accompany the award. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is January 31. 

Distinguished Service Award - January deadline

The Distinguished Service Award is awarded to a person who has made substantial contributions to the running or welfare of SSC, over a period of several years. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Award must be a member of the SSC.

A nomination for the Distinguished Service Award should include a recent CV of the nominee, at least two letters of support and a suggested citation to accompany the award. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is January 31.

Pierre Robillard Award - January deadline

The Pierre Robillard Award recognizes the best PhD thesis defended at a Canadian university in a given year and written in the fields of probability or statistics. The award includes a $1,000 prize.

To nominate a thesis, the thesis, a nominating letter from the thesis supervisor and the external examiner’s report must be sent to the Pierre Robillard Award Committee Chair (sscrobill-chair@ssc.ca) by the end of January. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is January 31. 

SSC-CANSSI Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work  - January deadline

The Impact Award recognizes outstanding contributions by SSC members in collaborative research and applied work, the importance of which derives primarily from its relatively recent impact on a subject area outside of the statistical sciences, on an area of application, or on an organization. The award, which includes a $3,000 prize sponsored by CANSSI, can be for published collaborative research, for collaboration in applied work (whether published or not) or, more generally, for the impact of a statistician on an organization (e.g., a company or a government agency) or a subject area through their collaborative or applied work.

The nomination package should consist of a letter of nomination and at least three letters of support, a CV, a “layperson” description of the work and its impact expressed in terms suitable for publicity purposes, and a citation suitable for public announcement of the award. The nomination package should also include at least two letters from non-statisticians representing the field or organization that has felt the impact of the work. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is January 31.

CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics - February deadline

The CRM-SSC Prize recognizes a statistical scientist's excellence and accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after earning his/her doctorate (or equivalent degree). The award, which includes a $ 3,000 prize sponsored by the CRM, is bestowed upon a Canadian citizen or permanent resident whose work was carried out primarily in Canada.

The nomination for the CRM-SSC Prize should be accompanied by at least three and no more than four letters of support, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, and a suggested citation to accompany the award. See the nomination instructions for details. The deadline for nominations is February 1.

SSC Distinguished Educator Award - January deadline

The SSC Distinguished Educator Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching statistics by SSC members, through significant contributions to evidence-based pedagogy and in leadership in statistical education in Canada. Such sustained excellence may be demonstrated through the development and improvement of evidence-based pedagogy, continued promotion to accessibility and inclusivity in learning, broad and continuing integration of research or professional experience into teaching, or evidence of success in statistics community building. The award includes a $1,000 prize.

The nomination package should consist of a letter of nomination from a long-time collaborator or colleague, and two additional letters of support from statistics educators familiar with the candidate’s body of work. See the nomination instructions for full details. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Statistics Educator Awards Committee (ssc-statedawards-chair@ssc.ca);. The deadline for nominations is January 31.

Application deadlines

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