Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics


The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics awards innovations in statistical research with impact on society. This biennial prize is awarded in even years, and consists of a medal, a certificate, and a monetary reward of US$1,000,000, similar to the Nobel Prize in other disciplines. The home institution of the Prize is the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium, which appoints the international jury and carries out the selection procedure. The award money comes from the Rousseeuw Foundation created by the statistician Peter Rousseeuw.
WWW rousseeuwprize.org

History

The first Rousseeuw Prize was awarded on October 12, 2022, at KU Leuven, presented by King Philippe of Belgium. The awarded topic was Causal Inference with application in Medicine and Public Health, with laureates James Robins, Andrea Rotnitzky, Thomas Richardson, Miguel Hernán and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen.
The second Rousseeuw Prize was awarded on December 3, 2024 for work on The False Discovery Rate and Methods to Control It, with laureates Yoav Benjamini, Ruth Heller, and Daniel Yekutieli.

Laureates

YearLaureateInstitutionCountryAwarded innovation
2022James RobinsHarvard School of Public HealthUnited States"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."
2022Andrea RotnitzkyTorcuato di Tella UniversityArgentina"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."
2022Thomas RichardsonUniversity of WashingtonUnited States"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."
2022Miguel HernánHarvard School of Public HealthUnited States"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."
2022Eric TchetgenWharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaUnited States"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."
2024Yoav BenjaminiTel Aviv UniversityIsrael"For the pioneering work on the false discovery rate and methods to control it."
2024Ruth HellerTel Aviv UniversityIsrael"For the pioneering work on the false discovery rate and methods to control it."
2024Daniel YekutieliTel Aviv UniversityIsrael"For the pioneering work on the false discovery rate and methods to control it."

Nominations for the prize are submitted to its website together with letters of recommendation. The organizers of the prize and its ceremony are Mia Hubert and Stefan Van Aelst.