Westat established the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship Trust Fund in 1995 to honor its cofounder and chair emeritus and to help support a student’s graduate education. Under Bryant’s leadership, Westat—an employee-owned statistical firm established in 1961—has grown into one of the world’s leading statistical research corporations serving federal, state, and local governments, as well as businesses and foundations.

Deadline: March 1

Questions 

The ASA is tracking how effective it is in attracting gender diversity in its awards. 

The following information will be kept private and secure and will not be used for a discriminatory purpose.

It will be used by the Committee on Women in Statistics to make recommendations to the ASA Board of Directors. No information identifying specific individuals will be given to this committee.

Materials should appear in the following order as a single .pdf file:

• Candidate's CV
• Personal statement of interests (maximum two pages)  
• All academic transcripts (original graduate transcripts)

Note: personal statement of interests should address the following:

• Explain why you are studying survey statistics
• How you intend to use your graduate training in survey methods

Three reference letters - not to exceed two pages each and saved as a .pdf file - are to be uploaded by the writer using this link. Instruct the reference writers to include the candidate's last name in the file name.

Should the candidate be selected as a recipient, a headshot is required for JSM marketing and publication purposes.