Australasian Region IBS Student Scholarships Awarded

Each year the Australasian Region of the International Biometric Society awards scholarships to students doing either Honours (fourth year) or Masters study in statistics, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics or biometrics. The recipients this year were Ross Haines (University of Otago) and Elizabeth Ryan (Queensland University of Technology). Ross has been a summer intern at AgResearch, where he developed a resource on time series methods, and will be doing his honours dissertation with Prof Richard Barker (on summarizing key features from gaze behaviour studies in sport). Elizabeth has done work on modelling dengue fever, including a period of work experience at Oxford University and a project funded by AMSI and CSIRO. Congratulations and best wishes to both of them (and my thanks to Rachel Fewster, Olena Kravchuk and John Carlin for helping judge the applications).

Duncan Hedderley

Campbell Prize, 2010: Call for Nominations

Dear Member of the New Zealand Statistical Association,

I am writing on behalf of the NZSA Awards Committee to call for nominations for the Association's Campbell Prize in 2010. The purpose of the award is to promote statistics within NZ and to recognise an individual's contribution to the promotion and development of statistics. The criteria for the award are:

i) publishing the best, recent, original statistical research undertaken within NZ; or,

ii) making an on outstanding contribution to statistical education; or,

iii) playing a key role in consulting on a major, innovative research project that has direct relevance to NZ; or,

iv) making a significant contribution to promoting statistics within NZ.

Further details are available at:
http://stats.org.nz/campbell_award.shtml.

Nominations should incorporate the nominee's full curriculum vitae, a supporting statement from the nominator, and the names of at least two suitable referees.

The closing data for nominations in 2010 is 31 May.

Regards, Martin Hazelton

Campbell Bequest Fund

NZSA Awards Committee The NZSA was the recipient of a very generous donation ($48,000) from Professor Campbell's estate.

There is roughly $1500 funding available each year for special projects that are in the realm of Professor Campbell's interests. Refer to stats.org.nz/funding.shtml for more details.

Applications are received twice a year (April/October) and are invited for funding for projects in 2010/11. There is no formal application process but please supply details of your project, the full project budget, the amount you are requesting, a short statement about why your project is within Professor Campbell's interests, and your full contact details.

Please send your applications to the Secretary, Richard Penny, NZSA, PO Box 1731, Wellington.

For more details contact Roger Littlejohn or Harold Henderson.

Roger Littlejohn