The deadline to complete a submission for this year's Nicholson competition is
June 2nd at 11:59pm eastern.
- The entrant must have been a student on or after June 1 of the previous year under consideration;
- The paper must present original research results (a summary of multiple papers is not eligible);
- The research must have been conducted while the entrant was a student;
- One or more advisors may appear as co-authors of a paper, but the student's contributions must make up the majority of the paper. The advisor (or nominator) must explicitly comment upon and specify in a letter the percentage of contribution of the student;
- in defining the problem and initiating the research that resulted in the paper;
- in conducting the research itself that resulted in the paper;
- in writing the paper.
- An entrant can be a (co-)author in at most one paper submitted to the competition. More than one entrant per paper is allowed as long as they are eligible;
- The paper must not have won a prize (1st-2nd) in a previous Nicholson Competition;
The paper is submitted in a blind format.
Click here to learn more about the submission process and to start your submission. ------------------------------
Christy Blevins
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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