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Call for 2026 INFORMS ISS Award Nominations

  • 1.  Call for 2026 INFORMS ISS Award Nominations

    Posted 13 hours ago

    Dear Colleagues,

    The call for nominations for the 2026 INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Awards is now open! We invite nominations for the following awards:
    •    ISS Distinguished Fellow Award
    •    ISS Andrew B. Whinston Pathbreaking Research Award
    •    ISS Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award
    •    ISS Nunamaker–Chen Dissertation Award
    •    ISS Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award
    •    ISS Practical Impacts Award
    •    ISS Teaching Innovation Award
    •    ISS President's Service Award
    •    ISS Social Justice Best Paper Award

    The deadline for submitting nominations is 11:59 PM Pacific Time on August 8, 2026. Any qualified ISS member may be nominated. More information about each award, including eligibility and nomination requirements, is available on the ISS Awards page: https://connect.informs.org/iss/awards.

    The ISS Awards Program is one of our Society's most important traditions, recognizing outstanding achievements in research, teaching, service, and community impact. We greatly appreciate your support in identifying and nominating deserving colleagues. We also encourage you to share these award opportunities, as well as the benefits of ISS membership, with prospective members of our community.

    Thank you for helping us recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our colleagues. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jianqing Chen (ISS President) at chenjq@utdallas.edu or Jingjing Li (ISS Vice President) at jingjing.li@virginia.edu.

    Warm regards,



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    Jianqing Chen, Ph.D.
    President, INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS)
    Mike Brodie Family Distinguished Professor of Information Systems
    Jindal School of Management
    The University of Texas at Dallas
    Web: http://www.utdallas.edu/~chenjq/
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