This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the 2026 Pierskalla Award, sponsored by the INFORMS Health Applications Society, are due this Sunday, June 14th, 2026.
Submissions may be working papers, under review or revision, or published. Author teams may include any combination of students, faculty, and industry professionals. Note that the submitting author must be a Health Applications Society member at the time of submission. The full call for papers and eligibility criteria can be found here: Pierskalla Call for Papers.
Submissions can be made via the Google Form: https://forms.gle/U2X6qSChGwcGeCmp8.
We will begin reviewing papers immediately after the submission date, with the winner announced at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Please feel free to reach out to matt.baucum@okstate.edu and jeremywatts@iourology.com with any questions or clarifications.
Matt Baucum – Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
Jeremy Watts – IO Urology
2026 Committee Co-Chairs