Article 1
Each award will go to the authors or co-authors of a specific contribution, and will comprise a diploma and a prize of 10,000 euros, less the percentage deductible under current tax regulations. A maximum of one award will be given in each of the following categories:
- Best methodological contribution in the Statistics field.
- Best methodological contribution in the Operations Research field.
- Best applied contribution with an impact in the social arena, innovation, or knowledge transfer in the Statistics field.
- Best applied contribution with an impact in the social arena, innovation, or knowledge transfer in the Operations Research field.
- Best contribution in Statistics and Operations Research applied to Data Science.
Contributions will mainly consist of a scientific paper, which must have been published in the year 2021 or later. All papers presented will necessarily have been accepted for publication and have a DOI assigned at the moment of submission. Notwithstanding this preference, in the case of applied contributions particularly, they may take diverse forms on the condition that they represent a significant development in the disciplinary fields addressed by the awards.
Awardees will be required to take part in a presentation ceremony to be held in Madrid.
Article 2
The authors of candidate contributions must include at least one researcher in Statistics, Operations Research or Data Science of Spanish nationality, or a researcher of another nationality who has carried out their research work at a university or scientific center in Spain.
No candidature will be admitted whose authors include persons that have won an award in any of the two immediately preceding editions.
Article 3
Candidatures may be direct, submitted by the candidate individuals themselves, or indirect, through letters of nomination. For correspondence purposes, please provide the name of a submission coordinator, who will also be the person signing the personal data processing form.
All entries should be presented in English and provide the following information and documentation via the online form:
- Key details of the candidature, to include:
– A summary of the quality indicators of the contribution relative to the category in which it is competing (maximum 400 words)
– A summary of the contribution (maximum 200 words)
- A copy of the contribution being submitted in the call.
- In the case of indirect candidatures, from one up to three nomination letters provided by one or more members of SEIO, or by one or more experts from the BBVA Foundation. These must be duly dated and signed and set out the importance of the contribution being presented, not the career achievements of the authors. Each nominator must also provide a signed copy of the personal data processing form.
- In the case of direct candidatures, it is possible to receive up to three letters of support, duly dated and signed by a natural person or legal representative. Letters of support should set out the importance of the contribution being presented, and not the career achievements of the authors. Signatories should provide them via the online form before the submission deadline in this call, along with a copy of the personal data processing form.
Article 4
The awards will be decided by a committee made up of three specialists appointed by the BBVA Foundation and a further three appointed by SEIO’s Academic Councils. No member of the SEIO Executive or Academic Councils may serve on this committee.
The committee will distinguish a maximum of one contribution per category and will submit its decision for ratification to the SEIO Executive Council. In its ratification proposal, it will state the scientific relevance of the contributions chosen.
The role of committee secretary, with neither speaking nor voting rights, will be taken by a member of the SEIO Executive Council appointed by the SEIO presidency.
For each award to be granted, it will need to have the approval of a simple majority of SEIO Executive Council members, proceeding as specified in the SEIO statutes.
Awards may be declared wholly or partially void.
Article 5
No person who has submitted, supported or in any manner recommended a candidature may serve on the committee. Any other situation of conflict of interest involving committee members and candidates should be expressly declared in advance. Conflicts of interest shall be understood as follows: family relationship, manifest enmity, present or past PhD advisor or student, member of the same research group or team, co-author of a significant scientific paper published in the last 10 years, present or past member of a research group or team working on the same research project in the last 10 years, or any other circumstance implying a conflict of interest. In the event that some candidature is subject to a conflict of interest, the person affected may not take part in its evaluation. This same criterion will apply to the Executive Council members responsible for ratifying the awardees proposed by the committee.
In view of the above, having been apprised of the candidatures and before deliberations begin, committee members must notify the SEIO Executive Council and the BBVA Foundation of any incompatibility that might arise.
Article 6
The terms of current legislation on the protection of personal data will be complied with at all stages of this call.
The fact of participating in the call signifies the acceptance of its conditions and award decision, which will not be open to appeal, and renunciation of any claim in its respect of whatsoever nature.
No itemized or individual information will be provided on the submissions received or the deliberations of the committee or the SEIO Executive Council.
Any questions arising about the interpretation of these call conditions will be resolved upon by the SEIO Executive Council and the BBVA Foundation.
Exceptionally, the BBVA Foundation and SEIO reserve the right to make changes in the wording of these conditions, for duly justified reasons, for the sole purpose of clarifying their content, without such changes in any case implying a substantial or arbitrary alteration of the same. The text of these call conditions and corresponding FAQs, which you are advised to read, will be available for the duration of this call on the websites of the BBVA Foundation, www.fbbva.es, and SEIO, www.seio.es.
The identity of the winning candidates will be published on the SEIO and BBVA Foundation websites, together with the membership of the committee and list of SEIO Executive Council members taking part in the corresponding deliberations.
