The COPSS Presidents' Award is given annually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies[1] to a young statistician in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics.
The COPSS Presidents' Award is generally regarded as one of the highest honours in the field of statistics, along with the International Prize in Statistics.
For example, an individual eligible for 2016 nomination under (ii) must have been born in 1971 or later with terminal statistically-related degree dated 2004 or later.
Note: Listed are recipients' current working institutions not when awarded COPSS.
Peter J. Bickel, Stephen Fienberg, James O. Berger, Ross L. Prentice, C. F. Jeff Wu, Raymond J. Carroll, Kathryn Roeder, Wing Hung Wong are also R. A. Fisher Lecturers.