The Abdel El-Shaarawi Early Investigator (AEEI) Award was established by the TIES Board in order to recognize and honor early investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the development of statistical and/or quantitative approaches for research in the environmental sciences.

The prestigious AEEI award 2025 is granted to a researcher, who is a TIES member for years 2024 and 2025, and has received their PhD within 12 years of the submission deadline (14^th of February 2025) for nominations.

The award carries with it: a certificate and free registration for the WSC or TIES conference.

The award is made solely based on nominations received by the President of TIES before 14^th February 2025.

The following are the criteria for assessing outstanding contributions made by a nominee, with weights provided.

• (30%) Outstanding contribution to environmental statistical and quantitative research with quality and impact as proved by the number and the reputation level of publications in the statistical literature.
• (30%) Strong interdisciplinary work for solving important environmental problems, as proved by high reputation interdisciplinary publications and research projects.
• (20%) Contribution to the Environmetrics community, as proved by the organisation of courses and conferences, and professional development in the field of Environmetrics.
• (20%) Contribution to TIES, as proved by, for example, number of years of membership, participation to TIES conferences or courses, organisation of TIES conferences/courses or invited sessions, contributions to the board.

The nomination form, which includes information on the requirements for the nomination and submission details, is available at the following link:

Link to the nomination word form.