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, appointed by the ISBA Prize Committee soon after the submission deadline. Finalists will be selected by mid-January and will be invited to present their work at the 2009 Joint Statistics Meetings, JSM 2009, with the winners announced at the meeting.

The submissions period for the 2008 awards closed on 2008-10-11 20:00:00. Submissions may now be made for the following year.