Departmental Student Awards

Learn about the current FSU Department of Statistics awards available for graduate students below.

Beca Sechter Award

This excellence award will be presented to the top graduate teaching assistants working for mathematical statistics-related classes.  The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.

Best First-Year Graduate Student Award

This award is given to the top first-year student(s) in the categories of applied statistics, mathematical statistics and computational statistics.  Winners receive a certificate and an extra $200 in travel funds for presenting at a conference.

Best Teaching Assistant Award

Winners receive a certificate and an extra $200 in travel funds for presenting at a conference.

Ralph A. Bradley Award

This award is presented for the best Ph.D. dissertation of the year. Winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.

Stela Verenca Award

This is a travel award for students who present talks at a foreign conference in object data analysis related sessions. The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.

Yongyuan and Anna Li Award

This award is given to the student who gives the best presentation of the year. Winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.