INFORMS Early Career Award in Financial Engineering and FinTech
Call for Nomination for 2026 INFORMS Early Career Award in Financial Engineering and FinTech
Nominators should send all materials to the Review Committee at informs.committee@gmail.com with subject line: “Early Career Award 2026 in FE and FinTech” by 15 July 2026
Overview:
The INFORMS Early Career Award in Financial Engineering and FinTech recognizes one individual in the early stage of their career for distinguished contributions to financial engineering and FinTech. The 2026 award will be announced at the 2nd INFORMS Conference on Financial Engineering and FinTech held in November 2026 at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, United States.
Eligibility:
- The candidate’s work must include significant original research contributions to financial engineering or FinTech.
- One or more key papers must be identified as primary evidence of the contributions. These papers must have been published in English in a peer reviewed journal within six years prior to 1 July 2026 (for the 2026 award: publication date between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2026)
- The nominee must be in an early career stage defined as either currently a graduate student, or having received the Ph.D. within six years prior to 1 July 2026 (for the 2026 award: Ph.D. awarded in July 2020 or later)
Required Materials for Nomination:
- Letter of nomination from the nominator describing the candidate’s contributions and impact
- Candidate’s current curriculum vitae
- Full bibliographic citation of the key contributing papers (with PDF or DOI)
- Two or three letters of support from independent experts in the field
Prize and Presentation
- The awardee will receive a certificate with an official citation
- The award will be announced at the 2nd INFORMS Conference on Financial Engineering and FinTech on November 6-7, 2026. An official announcement will also appear on the INFORMS website and in INFORMS communications