The Barnett Award for Environmental Statistics
he Barnett Award recognises an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.
The Barnett Award and named lecture was established in 2015 in memory of environmental statistician Professor Vic Barnett. It is awarded annually by the Royal Statistical Society to encourage and promote recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.
As well as recognising achievement, the award highlights the importance of statistical work in addressing environmental questions such as ecology, climate, monitoring and risk. The recipient also delivers the Barnett Lecture at the RSS Annual Conference, linking the award to the wider exchange of ideas and practice across the profession.
The Barnett award is awarded annually.
Nominations for 2027 are open between June to 31 October 2026
Watch Barnett Lectures by previous recipients.
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Find out about the criteria for the award and how to make a nomination.
Eligibility criteria for nomination for the Barnett Award:
Nominations should demonstrate contribution in at least two of the following areas:
- Development and methodology
- Application
- Exposition of environmental statistics.
There is no requirement that contributions be published in RSS journals.
Contributions in the environmental sciences includes the physical environmental sciences, plant and animal ecology and the environmental health sciences.
The Barnett Award winner delivers the Barnett Lecture at the RSS Annual International Conference.
Nomination form can be found here.
Please send nominations to honours@rss.org.uk by 31 October 2026
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Find out about our recent recipients
2026 recipient: Finn Lindgren
Finn’s contributions to environmental statistics through his significant methodological advances and software development.
Previous recipients
2025: Claire Miller
2024: David Borchers
2023: Marc Genton
2022: Ruth King
2021: Jonathan (Jonty) Rougier
2020: Byron JT Morgan