San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical
Association
Student Travel Awards for the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, CO
Are you (or do you know) a graduate or undergraduate
student who is planning to give a presentation at the 2019 Joint Statistical
Meetings (JSM) in Denver, the capital of Colorado? The conference will be held from
July 27th to August 1st, 2019. (http://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2019/)
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American
Statistical Association (ASA) is soliciting applications for Student Travel
Awards to JSM 2019.
Up to six Student Travel Awards for current graduate and
undergraduate students (receiving degrees May 2019 or later) will be issued to
cover up to $1000 in travel expenses to the 2019 JSM. In the last 10 years,
more than 30 awards have been given to the qualified students!
Qualification
Applicants must be:
A. Current members of the ASA (http://www.amstat.org/membership/index.cfm).
B. Current full-time graduate or
undergraduate students in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related
discipline, graduating May 2019 or later from a university in the greater San
Francisco Bay area.
C. Presenting a paper (oral or
poster) at the 2019 JSM as an author.
Application
Applicants should e-mail the following documents to the
Chapter President-Elect - Dr. Ron Yu (sfasa.jsm2019@gmail.com) by April
1st, 2019 (11:59 p.m. Pacific Time):
A. One-page essay
describing:
1. ASA membership
status at the time of submitting the Student Travel award application.
2. Reasons for attending
JSM and for requesting the Student Travel Award.
3. Amount requested
(up to $1000) and allocation (e.g., airfare, hotel, registration).
4. Current contact
information, including how you can be reached during the summer.
B. An abstract of the paper or
poster you are presenting along with the information of the co-authors, the
date and time of your presentation.
C. A letter from your advisor or
Department Chair confirming your current graduate or undergraduate student
status.
Successful applicants are expected to present their work
at a meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the ASA in early June 2019. Each speaker will
give a 20-minute oral presentation.
Review Process
A committee of the Chapter Presidents
(Past, Current, and Elect) and Chapter Treasurer will review the applications
and select the winners. Winners will be announced on the chapter website (www.sfasa.org) and notified by telephone or email
or both by May 1st, 2019.
Note: The winners should acknowledge
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter travel support at the end of their
presentations at the JSM.
Comments from 2011
Recipient:
Aida Yazdanparast and Tony Tran of CSUEB were
among the 2011 recipients of student travel awards. Their poster won
3rd prize in the statistical graphics competition in JSM 2011.
“Thank you for your support. It was a very
wonderful experience. ……Thank you very much for providing us the travel award.”
Aida Yazdanparast, CSUEB, MS student
Comments from 2009 Recipients:
Attending JSM can provide a variety
of valuable experiences. One can network with professionals and academics in
areas of interest and attend talks (and fee-based short courses) on
cutting-edge statistics/biostatistics technology:
“My JSM experience was awesome! Attending JSM provides a
wonderful opportunity to see what is happening at the cutting edge of our
field. I networked with many people and retained contacts, attended many
interesting talks, and learned about new application areas and statistical
methods. Presenting my work at JSM provided me with ideas for expanding it in
the future. I would recommend attending JSM to anyone interested in
statistics.” Vadim Bichutskiy, CSU EB, MS 2011
Additionally, JSM provides networking in the marketplace
and offers attendees the opportunity to check out industry positions:
“I met with 10 different companies
and universities from all around the U.S. whom never would have flown me out
for an interview had I not met them initially at the conference. The
mere meeting of the people at these companies and hearing about all the job
opportunities was beneficial to me.
I met with a Statistician at Baylor
Health Care from whom I had the opportunity to find out about the health care
industry. Being from the Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry, I knew health
care was different but did not know the magnitude of the difference. Baylor
then flew me to Dallas for an interview after careful deliberation I accepted a
job offer with them and have moved to Dallas, Texas. I truly do not believe
this would have happened had I not gone to JSM.” Monica Anand, CSU EB MS 2009