Revenue Management and Pricing 2026 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award
The INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing (RMP) Section announces the 2026 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award. The awards are given annually for student papers judged to be the best in the field of revenue management and pricing.
The first prize is accompanied by a $500 honorarium. The second prize is accompanied by a $300 honorarium. All other finalists, if any, will be awarded $100. The number of finalists will depend on the number of entries. All prizes, including finalists, are accompanied by a plaque in addition to the cash award.
Eligibility Conditions:
There are five conditions for eligibility:
1. The entrant must have been a student on or after January 1, 2026 and the research presented in the paper must have been conducted while the entrant was a student.
2. The submitted paper must present original research conducted primarily by the student entrant. Some assistance from other individuals (such as the student's faculty advisor) is permitted; however, the entrant's primary research advisor must certify that the student's share of contribution to the paper exceeds 50%.
3. Entrants must be a member of the RMP Section on the date of submission.
4. The paper must not have won a prize (1st-2nd) in a previous student paper competition.
5. A student may submit at most one paper.
Submission Requirements:
A complete entry consists of:
1. The paper in completely anonymous form and PDF file format, with a length of at most 32 pages including the appendix, tables, figures, and references, and strictly compliant with all submission formatting standards of the journal Operations Research or Management Science. There could be appendices beyond the 32-page limit, but the judges are not responsible for covering those materials. The file name should be the short title of the paper.
2. An electronic PDF file of a letter signed by a faculty advisor and the entrant attesting that the entrant and the paper satisfy the eligibility conditions. The letter should state the entrant's contact information, the contact information of the entrant's primary research advisor and all co-authors, the paper title, and appropriate keywords for the submitted paper.
The above documents should be submitted by the entrant on the INFORMS Online Award Submission Platform:
https://informs-awards.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/347/home
Complete entries must be received on or before July 12th, 11.59pm Eastern Time.
2026 organizers:
Arnoud den Boer, Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam
Jinglong Zhao, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Sami Najafi-Asadolahi
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara CA
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