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The Barnett Award

The Barnett Award and named lecture was established in memory of environmental statistician, Professor Vic Barnett. It is awarded annually to encourage and promote the recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.

The Barnett Award winner delivers the Barnett Lecture at the RSS Annual Conference.
 

Claire Miller2025 recipient: Claire Miller
Claire's leadership in applying statistical approaches to real-world environmental challenges has produced monitoring and research methodologies used both in the UK and internationally. Claire's contribution to environmental statistics and her work in water quality measuring, monitoring and forecasting has been pioneering.
 
David Borchers2024 recipient: David Borchers
David had been instrumental in developing new and accessible methodologies in wildlife monitoring and conservation, including mark-recapture distance sampling and unifying many observation models for detecting and counting animals.

Nominations for the 2026 award are now open, and the deadline for the Barnett Award is 31 October 2025. Read our nominations guidelines and download the nominations form. 

Watch Barnett Lectures by previous recipients.