Best Cooperative Project Award in Statistical Literacy 2025
The winners for the Best Cooperative Project Award in Statistical Literacy have now been announced.
Every two years, the ISLP gives the Best Cooperative Project Award in Statistical Literacy. The award goes to projects that are creative, useful, and developed through teamwork between different types of organizations.
If you work at a national statistics office, school, statistical society, media outlet, or library, this is a great chance to share your project with a global audience and inspire others.
Best Cooperative Project Award 2025 Winners
The Best Cooperative Award 2025 winners were announced on Thursday, 2nd of October, at the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 Award Ceremony together with the international prizewinners for the International Poster Competition 2024-2025.
First place: StatBel Academy/Statbel Junior
“With Statbel Academy, Statbel is reaching out to education, and wants to support teachers in their approach. At the same time, future projects are also possible for other target groups. By continuing to focus on statistical literacy, including among children and young people, Statbel wants to contribute positively to a better-informed society in which citizens build up the necessary knowledge to deal critically with data and figures, and so make well-informed decisions.”
Honourable mention: Stats + Stories
“The podcast started in 2013 and released its 350th episode recently. This podcast features a diverse collection of topics and guests from NSOs, schools, professional societies, and is a resource that introductory statistics classes at university and secondary levels use. The goal of these efforts is to promote statistical literacy with a goal of "telling the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics."”
About the award
The Best Cooperative Project Award celebrates outstanding efforts to increase statistical literacy among the general public. What makes this award unique is its emphasis on collaboration. Eligible projects must involve cooperation between two or more institutions that typically don’t work closely together.
Previous winners:
- 2015: Exploristica, a collaboration between the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística (SPE), Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), and Ciência Viva in Portugal.
- 2013: CensusAtSchools, developed jointly by the Royal Statistical Society and the Office of National Statistics in the UK.
How to submit your project
To participate, simply send a brief description of your project to:
Deadline: 15 August 2025
There is no set format for applications, but please include enough detail for the judging panel to evaluate your project based on the criteria listed below.
Criteria to make a project stand out
Your project will be assessed based on its:
- Innovation and influence: Does it address a broad audience and bring new ideas to statistical education?
- Accessibility: Are the resources free and easy to access?
- Educational value: Does it teach statistical concepts in a clear, engaging, and pedagogically sound way?
- Collaborative nature: Does it unite institutions that don't typically work together?
- Appeal: Is it engaging, fun, and inviting to a general audience?
- Sustainability and relevance: Is it a current project with potential long-term impact?
- International reach: Does it include materials in English or have global accessibility?
- Visibility: Are archives and past results easily available for public viewing?
