The Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Forum invites submissions to the JFIG paper competition. JFIG was created in 2001 to promote the career development of tenure-track faculty in INFORMS. The goals of the paper competition are to encourage research among junior faculty and to increase the visibility of research conducted by junior faculty within the fields of operations research and management science. The entries will be judged and up to six finalists will be selected by the award committee. The papers submitted for the competition will be evaluated based on the importance of the topic, appropriateness of the research approach, and the significance of research contribution.
Winners will be announced at the INFORMS Annual meeting, where all finalists will present their research at a JFIG sponsored session.
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JFIG Teaching Excellence Award
The INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Forum invites submissions to the INFORMS JFIG Teaching Excellence Award, an annual national award recognizing excellence in teaching in operations research and management science (ORMS). The INFORMS JFIG was created in 2001 to promote the career development of tenure- track faculty in INFORMS. The goal of the teaching excellence award is to acknowledge and celebrate junior faculty that are doing an outstanding job inside the classroom. The JFIG teaching award committee will judge the applications and select 3 finalists.
Winners will be announced at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. The prizes awarded by the competition are intended to be a recognition for outstanding teaching accomplishments.