The Stella Dafermos Achievement Award in Transportation Science is awarded to at most one individual in a year by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society to honor a mid-career scholar who has made fundamental scientific contributions to transportation science and logistics. Other considerations when evaluating an individual are their impact on practice, their service to TSL, and their involvement in diversity and inclusion-related activities.
To be eligible for the award, an individual must be within 10 and 20 years of having finished their PhD on December 31st of the year they are nominated. Nominations are due by June 1st 2026. It is incumbent upon the nominating individual to ensure their nominee meets the eligibility criteria. The typical nomination will include the CV of the nominee and a letter explaining why their accomplishments merit consideration for the award. The award is accompanied by a $750 honorarium.
In the event a first-time nominee is not selected, we will hold the nomination package for consideration again with next year’s pool of nominees if the nominee is still eligible. The nominators should contact the committee chair if they want to update the nomination materials.
Whom to contact:
Committee Chair
Prof Maria Battarra – School of Management, University of Bath (UK)
m.battarra@bath.ac.uk and maria.battarra@gmail.com (please use both email addresses to avoid spam filters)
Committee Members
Prof Catherine Cleophas – Inst. of Business Administration, University of Christian-Albrechts in Kiel (Germany)
Dr Pedro Munari – Dept. of Production Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil)
Dr Roberto Roberti – Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Padova (Italy)
Dr Yue Wang – Dept. of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona (US)