The Elizabeth L. Scott Award is an biennial award given (in even years) by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies and named in honor of Elizabeth Scott, an American statistician. This award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the contributions of Elizabeth L. Scott’s lifelong efforts to further the careers of women in academia. The award is given to an individual who has helped foster opportunities in statistics for women and is presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings. Starting in 2020, the recipient of the award will give a lecture at the Joint Statistical Meetings.

List of Award winners Winners of the Elizabeth L. Scott AwardAward dateRecipientInstitution2026Amy HerringDuke University2024Regina LiuRutgers University2022Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2020Amita ManatungaEmory University2018Bin YuUniversity of California, Berkeley2016Amanda L. GolbeckUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences2014Kathryn ChalonerUniversity of Iowa2012Mary W. GrayAmerican University2010Mary E. ThompsonUniversity of Waterloo2008Lynne BillardUniversity of Georgia2006Louise RyanCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization2004Gladys ReynoldsBell South2002Janet NorwoodUS Bureau of Labor Statistics2000Nancy FlournoyUniversity of Missouri1998Ingram OlkinStanford University1996Grace WahbaUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1994Donna BroganEmory University1992Florence Nightingale DavidUniversity of California, Riverside

See also

List of mathematics awards

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