Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards
The Department of Statistics offers many scholarships and other award opportunities to
full-time graduate students who are majoring in statistics. The following information is provided to inform students and potential
students about the possibilities of awards and the diversity of the criteria for these awards.
Graduate scholarships and awards are determined by a departmental committee. No applications for these
awards are required. All scholarships and awards are based on academic achievement and/or potential.
For more information on these scholarships and awards, please contact:
Alicia Carriquiry
Department of Statistics and the Statistical Laboratory
1121 Snedecor Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: (515) 294-3440
E-mail
Alliance
for Graduate education and Professoriate (AGEP)
The
university's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(AGEP) program also provides fellowship opportunities. This
National Science Foundation program gives fellowships to students from
under-represented groups. This includes African Americans,
Hispanics and native Americans. Through this program, the
Department has greatly increased its diversity.
Snedecor
Award
This award honors the founder and first director of the
Statistical Laboratory, George W. Snedecor, and is awarded to the most
outstanding PhD candidate in the Department of Statistics. The eligible
candidates are those who completed the PhD written exam in the given
year.
The current award is $1,500.
Bancroft Award
This award, which honors T. A. Bancroft, former head and
director of the Department of Statistics and Statistical Laboratory, is
presented to a doctoral student with a concurrent MS in
Statistics or joint majors in Statistics and another field.
The current award is $1000. Kempthorne AwardThis
award honors Oscar Kempthorne who came to Iowa State University in 1947
and retired as a Distinguished Professor in 1989. This award
is given to one the top students in Linear Models.
Performance in Stat 500, Stat 511 and the MS written exam is
used to select the recipient of this award.
Vera David Fellowship
This fellowship, in memory of Vera David, wife of past
director and head H. A. David, is given to a female student who has
just completed her first year of graduate studies. The scholarship is
awarded on the basis of academic achievement during the student's first
year.
The current award is $2000.
Richard Kleber - St. Olaf Scholarship
Through advising hundreds of Statistics and Mathematics majors
at St. Olaf College, Professor Kleber guided over 50 advisees toward
graduate studies in Statistics at Iowa State. A scholarship has been
set up by many of these students to assist a St. Olaf student who is
starting work toward a graduate degree in Statistics at ISU.
The current award is $500.
Holly and Beth Fryer Scholarship
In 1940 Holly C. Fryer received the first PhD awarded in
Statistics at ISU. This scholarship was started by Holly C. and his
wife Beth. Criteria for this scholarship include grades received in
Statistics and related courses, performance in assistantship duties and
other information that indicates a high likelihood that the student
will make contributions to the Statistics profession throughout their
career. The award is given after the second year of graduate studies.
The current award is $2,000. Jebe Fellowship
Emil Jebe was an associate professor in the Department of
Statistics from 1949-1959. After his death in 1996, a fellowship was
established to honor him. This fellowship is awarded to one graduate
assistant each year.
The current award is $3,000 in addition to a normal graduate
assistantship.
Miller Fellowship
From the earnings of an endowment received by Iowa State
University, the Department of Statistics may apply for
one Miller Fellowship. The fellowship provides an
annual stipend to the student for three years. This fellowship is in
addition to the regular graduate assistantship.
The current award is $5,000/year for three years in addition
to a normal graduate assistantship. GlaxoSmithKline
Industrial Scholarship
This $1000 industrial scholarship is given to a first year
graduate student who has an interest in biological applications.
Dan
Mowrey Consulting Award
The Dan Mowrey Consulting Award is given to a graduate student
who holds a consulting assistantship. It is given for excellence in
consulting. It is sponsored by Dan Mowrey (PhD '80) who now works for
Eli Lilly.
The award consists of a certificate and a check for $300.
Vince Sposito Statistical Computing Award
Outstanding potential in statistical computing is recognized
by the Vince Sposito Award, given annually to a graduate student doing
statistical computing in their assistantship. This award is in memory
of Vincent Sposito, former professor of mathematical programming and
statistical computing at ISU.
The current award is a certificate and a check for $300.
Teaching Excellence Award
The Teaching Excellence Award is given to the top 10% of
teaching assistants at Iowa State University.
The award consists of a certificate, a letter from the
President of Iowa State University, a cord to be worn at graduation and
a check for $300
Research Excellence Award
The Research Excellence Award is given to the top 10% of
students writing theses or dissertations at Iowa State University.
The award consists of a certificate, a letter from the
President of Iowa State University, a cord to be worn at graduation and
a check for $300.
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