SAE Award

Call for Nomination: 2026 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Small Area Estimation (SAE Award)

The Scientific Program and Local Organization Committees of SAE 2026 jointly invite 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 and deadline

A nomination consists of a nomination letter (limited to two double-spaced pages), in which the nominator should highlight the major achievements of the nominee in small area estimation.

All nominations should be sent by email to:

Robert Fay (Chair of the 2026 SAE Award Committee)
bobfay@hotmail.com

Nominations submitted last year need not be submitted again. They will be considered along with new nominations.

Deadline: March 15, 2026

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)

SAE2026 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.