The 2001 Mitchell Prize
The Mitchell Prize committee would like to invite nominations for this year's
Mi tchell Prize. The Prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding paper that describes
how a Bayesian analysis has solved an important applied problem.
The Prize includes an award of $1000 and a commemorative plaque.
The 2001 Prize selection committee members are Gary Koop (chair), Henry Wynn and Rod Little.
Complete details about the Prize and the nomination process are provided in the
Mitchell Prize Charter
which can be obtained from the Internationational Society for Bayesian Analysis website under ISBA awards.
Briefly, el igible papers must be published (or forthcoming) in a refereed journal or conference proceedings
no earlier than 1 January 1999. Entries must be sent(via post) to:
Gary Koop
Department of Economics
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8RT
U.K.
Entries
Entries must be received by 1 February, 2001. Authors may nominate themselves.
A Complete entry consists of the following:
- 4 copies of the manuscript or reprint being nominated,
- A brief statement by the nominator describing the impact of the work
- Names of two evaluators, not the nominator or coauthors, who are willing
and able to credibly evaluate the usefulness of the work from the
perspective of the applied field addressed in the paper
as distinct from providing comments on its statistical merit.
- Contact information for nominee, nominator (if different) and evaluators noted above