The INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) is pleased to announce the call for posters for the 2025 MIF Student Poster Competition. Judging will occur before the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, and students will present their posters during a poster session at conference and briefly during the 25th Annual MIF Gala. Winners will be announced during the MIF Business Meeting and MIF Reception. The competition is open to students who are MIF members. The first-place winner will receive a monetary award of $500.
Important Dates:
- June 6, 2025: Abstract submission deadline;
- June 13, 2025: Abstract acceptance notification and further information will be distributed;
- July 15, 2025: Final poster submission. Submissions received prior to June 30th may request preliminary feedback on their submission; and
- October 26-29, 2025: Poster session and winner announcement during the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Details:
- Length requirements: The abstract should be 500 characters maximum (approximately 50 words), and the title of the abstract should be 100 characters maximum. This may be an original abstract, or the same abstract submitted for an INFORMS General session.
- Eligibility requirements: Submissions must be made by students who are INFORMS members. The student must be the lead author, a MIF member, and the submitted poster must not have won an award at any previous INFORMS competitions.
- To enter: Please email a document with the following information to karen.hicklin@mountsinai.org (indicating 2025 MIF Poster Competition in the subject line):
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- The entrant and all co-authors' names, current affiliations, and email addresses;
- Poster title and abstract;
- A statement that all eligibility requirements have been met.
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Karen Hicklin
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York NY
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