RSS Honours - Celebrating the work of RSS fellows
Honours Committee members:
Chair: John Aston (President)
Andy Garrett
Peter Buhlmann
Tricia Dodd
David Firth
Scott Heald
Janine Illian
Fiona Steele
Through our medals and prizes, we want to celebrate the extensive talent across the Society and the discipline.
We are pleased to announce that we have opened our annual RSS Honours and Award for 2026. We would like to celebrate our members’ dedicated work in statistics and ensure that their achievements and efforts are recognised across the field. The awards that are open for nominations are:
- Guy Medal Gold
- Guy Medal Silver
- Guy Medal Bronze
- Barnett Award
- David Cox Research Prize
- Howard Medal
- Wood Medal
- Chambers Medal
- Honorary Fellowship
- Mardia Prize
Our Honours Committee, chaired by our president, considers the nominations for our medals and prizes according to a set criteria. To ensure greater inclusivity for our honours programme, we have a search committee to seek out and nominate candidates to ensure a diverse pool of nominations.
The deadline for nominations is 31 October 2025. Nominations forms and guidence can be found below on the webpages of the individual awards.
Named after William Augustus Guy, the British medical statistician. The Bronze and Silver medals are awarded annually and the Gold medal is awarded every two years
Established in memory of Vic Barnett, recognising outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics
Awarded to individuals of great eminence working in fields related to statistics who are not necessarily or primarily members of the statistical profession
Awarded to a fellow of the Society near the beginning of their research career for an outstanding published contribution to statistical theory or application
Awarded to a fellow for outstanding or influential contributions to medical statistics
Awarded to those who have contributed to the field of social statistics
Recognising contributions of statistical science to all aspects of manufacturing industry
Established in memory of the statistician Frances Wood OBE (1883–1919), recognising contributions to economic or social statistics
Awarded to a fellow who has not held or been elected to the office of President, for outstanding services to the Society
Awarded for outstanding contributions to the development or communication of official statistics
Created to bring together statisticians with other scientists through workshops in emerging interdisciplinary areas