Honours
Each year we award medals and prizes to people who have made outstanding contributions to the development of statistics. Our Honours Committee, chaired by our president, considers nominations for our medals and prizes. The awards are presented at our annual conference.
Honours Committee
Sylvia Richardson (chair)
Deborah Ashby
Paul Allin
William Browne
Peter Bühlmann
Idris Eckley
Rachel Hilliam
Janine Illian
Mahesh Parmar
Richard Samworth
Marian Scott
Stephen Senn
The 2023 Honours
We are now seeking nominations for the following awards:
- Guy Medal in Silver
- Guy Medal in Bronze
- Barnett Award
- David Cox Research Prize
- Honorary Fellowships
Read the announcement
Read the summary of the 2023 Honours (PDF)
Read the guidance notes (PDF)
Download the nomination form (DOCX)
The deadline for nominations is Friday 30 September 2022.
The 2022 Honours recipients
- Guy Medal in Gold - Nancy Reid
- Guy Medal in Silver - Paul Fearnhead
- Guy Medal in Bronze - Rajen Shah
- Barnett Award - Ruth King
- David Cox Research Prize - Dominik Rothenhäusler
Read more about the 2022 recipients.
Contact us at honours@rss.org.uk if you wuld like more information about the honours and the nomination process.
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
Jointly awarded by the RSS and Bernoulli Society this award is named in honour of David G Kendall, the first president of the Bernoulli Society and the 1981 RSS Guy Medallist in Gold.