A prize to be awarded to a mid-career researcher, defined as someone with more than 10 years of
experience after PhD or in employment, who has made an important contribution in research areas of
Hukum Chandra’s work namely, survey sampling, small area estimation, official statistics, spatial analysis
applied to official and survey statistics and agricultural statistics. The definition of a mid-career
researcher in this call aims to recognise researchers who are close to Dr Chandra’s career trajectory.
The prize is open to applicants from all regions of the world. A PhD degree is not an essential criterion
for the award. The prize will be awarded every other year by the IASS Prize Committee in collaboration
with the IASS Executive Committee. The recipient of the Hukum Chandra Memorial Prize will receive
an honorarium of 500 Euros and will be invited to present a special webinar with discussion in the
IASS Webinar Series.