SAE Award
2026 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Small Area Estimation (SAE Award)
The Scientific Program and Local Organization Committees of SAE 2026 jointly invited nominations for the 2026 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Small Area Estimation (SAE Award).
Selection criteria
The Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the:
- research,
- application, and
- education
of small area estimation (SAE).
The selection of the winner is worldwide.
Selection process
A nomination consisted of a nomination letter limited to two double-spaced pages, in which the nominator was asked to highlight the major achievements of the nominee in small area estimation.
Nominations were submitted by email to:
Robert Fay
Chair of the 2026 SAE Award Committee
bobfay@hotmail.com
Nominations submitted last year did not need to be submitted again. They were considered along with new nominations.
The deadline for nominations was March 15, 2026.
Award announcement
The 2026 SAE Award Committee has completed its deliberations.
The recipient of the 2026 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Small Area Estimation will be announced during the SAE 2026 conference dinner.
Previous winners
- J. N. K. Rao (2017)
- Danny Pfeffermann (2018)
- Malay Ghosh (2019)
- Partha Lahiri (2020)
- Wayne Fuller (2021)
- Robert Fay (2022)
- Jiming Jiang (2024)
- Ray Chambers (2025)
SAE 2026 Award Committee
- Robert Fay (Chair)
- Other members will be acknowledged after the award is announced.
Note
The 2026 SAE Award Committee is not a permanent award committee. Future awards, or whether there will be an SAE Award in any given year, will be decided by the organizing committees of future SAE conferences.
For more information, please contact Robert Fay at bobfay@hotmail.com.