Statistics Estonia invites to participate in the competition for young statistician’s grant

All students’ works in the field of environment and economy that develop or use a statistical method are eligible to apply for the grant.

The authors of Master’s, Bachelor’s, course- or diploma works who are not older than 25 in the year of applying are eligible to apply for the grant. Works completed in 2012 or 2013 can be submitted to the competition.

The deadline of submitting the works is 19 September 2013. Please send the works to Statistics Estonia at the address 15 Endla Str, 15174 Tallinn and at the e-mail address: statistika [at] stat.ee (statistika[at]stat[dot]ee), keyword “Albert Pulleritsu preemia”. Due to the International Year of Statistics this year the winner will be announced at the Conference of Estonian Statistical Society on 12 November 2013. The name and work of the winner will be published on the website of Statistics Estonia. The winner will be awarded the iPad 3.

More detailed information has been provided on the website of Statistics Estonia.

The competition for Albert Pullerits Grant takes place for the third time. For the first time the grant was awarded in 2011 in relation to the 90th anniversary of Estonian Statistics. Albert Pullerits was the first leader of the Estonian State Central Bureau of Statistics established in 1921 and the founder of Estonian official statistics system.