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Reminder: INFORMS undergraduate scholarships for Annual Meeting

  • 1.  Reminder: INFORMS undergraduate scholarships for Annual Meeting

    Posted 06-16-2019 16:08
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    INFORMS is pleased to offer scholarships of up to $1,250 to talented undergraduate students to attend the 2019 Annual Meeting in Seattle.  Please see details below and in the attached.
    Best,
    Steven Shechter

    CALL for NOMINATIONS

    INFORMS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS for TRAVEL to ANNUAL MEETING 2019

    INFORMS is pleased to announce scholarships to be awarded to undergraduate students to attend the 2019 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. This scholarship program aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate students an opportunity to experience the academic profession and professional development by attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Scholarships will provide travel and registration reimbursements up to $1,250.

    We encourage faculty nominations and applications from undergraduate students across a variety of quantitative disciplines, including (but not limited to): mathematics, engineering, computer science, statistics, business, and economics. This scholarship is aimed at two types of undergraduate students: 1) those already engaged in operations research and management science studies and/or research projects, and 2) those who have had little to no training in traditional OR/MS courses, but are highly considering pursuing graduate studies in this area (example: third year undergrad math major who is now considering what to do after graduating).         

    The awardees will be provided with a suggested schedule to help enjoy and learn from the conference.  Specific activities may include:

    Meeting with ambassador graduate students

    Meetings with committee members and INFORMS Staff

    Attending plenaries, selected talks/posters, and tutorials

    Attending new member breakfast

    Attending INFORMS Welcome Reception

    Attending INFORMS society meetings and university-sponsored receptions

     

    Eligibility

    • Be in junior or senior standing at the time of the Annual Meeting, October 20-23, 2019.
    • Have an overall GPA equivalent to 3.25 or better on a 4.0 system. 

    Submission and Selection

    Nominators should submit their official nomination letter (item 1 below in the Application Materials box) as a pdf file named "Nom-Lastname-Firstname.pdf" (using student's first and last name). Please put "Nom INFORMS Scholarship" in the subject heading of the e-mail.

    Students should submit their application materials (items 2-5 below in the Application Materials box) as a single pdf file named "App-Lastname-Firstname.pdf".  Please put "App INFORMS Scholarship" in the subject heading of the e-mail.

    Both submissions should be made separately via email to awards@informs.org by July 1, 2019.

    The INFORMS Scholarships Committee (listed below) will evaluate and select the scholarship recipients.

    Steven Shechter (Chair), University of British Columbia

    Matthew Bailey, Bucknell University

    Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University

    Elisa Long, University of California-Los Angeles

    Halit Uster, Southern Methodist University

    Melissa Bowers (ex officio), University of Tennessee-Knoxville

    Susan Martonosi (ex officio), Harvey Mudd

    INFORMS Student Travel Scholarship Application

    Deadline for submission: July 1, 2019

     

     

    Full Name of Applicant: _________________________________________

     

    Email: _______________________________________________________

     

     

    University: ___________________________________________________________________

     

    Overall Grade Point Average (GPA): ________ Current Major: __________________________

     

    Have you ever attended an INFORMS conference before (if so, which one)?  ______________

     

    ______________________________________________________________________________

     

    Application Materials Needed

    From the nominator:

    (1)         Letters of nomination from the student's department chair and/or a faculty member who is familiar with student's academic progress and interests (to be submitted separately by the nominator/recommender, please see above).

    From the student:

    (2)         This cover page

    (3)         An up-to-date 1-page resume

    (4)         A current transcript

    (5)         Essay: A 1-2 page personal statement detailing the student's interest in Operations Research, Management Science and/or Data Analytics. Please discuss how this scholarship will help you attend the INFORMS Annual Meeting, as well as how the meeting might contribute to your future plans to attend graduate school.

     

     

     

     



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    Steven Shechter
    Associate Professor
    University of British Columbia
    Vancouver BC
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