The funding is for travel support for US participants in the "10th ISBA World Meeting on Bayesian Statistics", to be held June 3 through 8, 2010, in Benidorm, Spain. The grant will pay partial travel expenses for 10 young investigators, including at least 5 women and other under-represented groups. The purpose of the conference is to bring together the diverse international community of investigators in statistics and in other areas who develop and use Bayesian methods to share recent findings and to present new and challenging problems to be addressed by the community.
This grant enables 10 young investigators from US institutions to participate in the main international meeting for Bayesian statistics which is held every two years. The use of Bayesian methods in academia, government and industry has been steadily increasing over the past 20 years, with many US researchers playing a leading role. This grant will help to maintain and strengthen this leading role of US scientists. The project will do so in particular by providing young investigators with important opportunities for networking and dissemination of their research results. The meeting is organized by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA, www.bayesian.org). The mission of ISBA is to promote the development and application of Bayesian statistical theory and methods useful in the solution of theoretical and applied problems in science, industry and government.
This grant supported 13 young US investigators to participate in an international conference on Bayesian statistics that was held in Benidorm, Spain, June 3-8, 2010, "The 10th ISBA World Meeting." The meeting was organized by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, a non-profit professional society of statisticians who work in an area of statistics known as Bayesian analysis. Details of the conference can be found at www.bayesian.org/events/isba2010/. All of the awarded funds were used towards travel expenses of junior US researchers. We supported 13 participants with travel grants that covered partial expenses. All of the 13 awardees graduated between 2009 and 2013 (expected). Of the 13 awardees 8 were young women researchers. The support of women and underrepresented minority researchers was an important priority of this application. The conference is a biennial meeting of statisticians working in this area and practically defines the state of the field. It is by far the most prominent international meeting in Bayesian statistics. The participation of young US investigators is critical for the formation of their careers. The inclusion of women and minority researchers is an important contribution towards raising the diversity of our research community. All supported participants presented research at the meeting, either in posters or in invited talks.
