The Florence Nightingale David Award is an award given every two years (in odd-numbered years) jointly by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies and Caucus for Women in Statistics to a distinguished female statistician.
[1][2][3] The award's purpose is to "recognize a female statistician who exemplifies the contributions of Florence Nightingale David"[1][2] and who "has advanced the discipline and proven herself to be an outstanding role model".
[3] Since the founding of the award, it has become a "prestigious hallmark of achievement" among female statisticians.
[2] The Florence Nightingale David Award was first given in 2001, with David herself being given the award retroactively, dated to 1994.
The winners of the award have been:[2][3]