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.^[1] The home institution of the Prize is the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) 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.

The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
King Philippe handing out the first Rousseeuw Prize
Awarded for	innovations in statistical research with impact on statistical practice and society
Country	Belgium
Presented by	The King Baudouin Foundation The Rousseeuw Foundation
Reward(s)	A medal, a certificate, and a monetary award of US$1,000,000
First award	2022
Website	rousseeuwprize.org

History

The first Rousseeuw Prize was awarded on October 12, 2022, at KU Leuven, presented by King Philippe of Belgium.^[2][3] 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.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

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

Year	Laureate	Institution	Country	Awarded innovation
2022	James Robins[9]	Harvard School of Public Health	United States	"For their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health."[5]
	Andrea Rotnitzky[10]	Torcuato di Tella University	Argentina
	Thomas Richardson[11]	University of Washington	United States
	Miguel Hernán[9]	Harvard School of Public Health	United States
	Eric Tchetgen[12]	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	United States
2024	Yoav Benjamini	Tel Aviv University	Israel	"For the pioneering work on the false discovery rate and methods to control it."[13]
	Ruth Heller		Israel
	Daniel Yekutieli		Israel

Nominations for the prize are submitted to its website^[1] together with letters of recommendation. The organizers of the prize and its ceremony are Mia Hubert and Stefan Van Aelst.

See also

• International Prize in Statistics
• COPSS Presidents' Award
• COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship