This is a working list of awards and competitions
for (bio)statistics students and recent graduates.
Paper competitions
Many organizations and societies have annual paper competitions.
Winners typically present the papers at the subsequent conferences.
Awards often include travel cost.
Poster and presentation
awards
Travel awards
If you are short on funding for travel, consider applying for one of
the travel awards listed below. To be eligible, you must be a member of
the funding organization but student memberships are usually cheap. For
example, IMS student membership is free and annual ASA student
membership is USD 25.
- IMS
Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award: Deadline is February 1. Award
amount is between USD 400 and USD 1000 per person. Open to Masters and
PhD students. Travel to any IMS sponsored meetings, which include JSM
and ENAR.
- ASA
Student and Early Career Travel Fund: Deadline is at least three
months before the conference start date. Open to undergraduate and
graduate students enrolled in a statistics or data science program.
Travel to any ASA sponsored meetings.
- CWS Travel
Awards: Deadline varies. Open to early career professionals and PhD
students in statistics or a related field. Travel to JSM.
- SPC
Travel Scholarships: Deadline is September 30. Open to PhD students
and postdocs. Travel to Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting.
Scholarships
- Gertrude
M. Cox Scholarship: Deadline is February 23. Open to women PhD and
Masters students who are citizens or permanent residents of US or
Canada. Award amount is USD 1000.