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.

 

Guy Medals

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

The Barnett Award

Established in memory of Vic Barnett, recognising outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics

Honorary Fellowship

Awarded to individuals of great eminence working in fields related to statistics who are not necessarily or primarily members of the statistical profession

David Cox Research Prize

Awarded to a fellow of the Society near the beginning of their research career for an outstanding published contribution to statistical theory or application

Bradford Hill Medal

Awarded to a fellow for outstanding or influential contributions to medical statistics

Howard Medal

Awarded to those who have contributed to the field of social statistics

Greenfield Industrial Medal

Recognising contributions of statistical science to all aspects of manufacturing industry

Wood Medal

Established in memory of the statistician Frances Wood OBE (1883–1919), recognising contributions to economic or social statistics

Chambers Medal

Awarded to a fellow who has not held or been elected to the office of President, for outstanding services to the Society

West Medal

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the development or communication of official statistics

Mardia Prize

Created to bring together statisticians with other scientists through workshops in emerging interdisciplinary areas