Theory and Methods:  for a dissertation that makes important original contributions to the foundations, theoretical developments, and/or general methodology of Bayesian analysis.

    Applied Methodology: for a dissertation that makes outstanding contributions with novel Bayesian analysis of a substantive problem that has potential to impact statistical practice in a field of application.

A dissertation may be nominated by the author, by the adviser, by the department chair, or by any ISBA or SBSS member (joining ISBA is easy). All dissertations that have not yet been nominated are eligible, but a dissertation may be nominated only once. Nomination is made by on-line submission of the dissertation and a letter that describes the main theoretical, methodological, and/or applied contributions of the dissertation and specifies that the dissertation is being nominated for either the Theory and Methods prize or the Applied Methodology prize.

The dissertations will be evaluated by the Savage Award Committee. Finalists will be selected by the end of January and will be invited to present their work at ISBA 2008: 9^th ISBA World Meeting in Hamilton Island, Australia in late July 2008, with the winners announced at the meeting.

The submissions period for the 2007 awards closed on 2007-10-11 20:00:00.