INFORMS Open Forum

The George Nicholson Committee competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the field of operations research and the management sciences written by a student. Papers, including title, abstract, bibliography, appendices, figures, etc., must not exceed 25 pages and are submitted and reviewed blind.

All entries must be submitted no later than June 2, 2023 (11:59pm pacific).  Prizes will be awarded and finalists will be invited to present their papers at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Eligibility for applicants:

• The entrant must have been a student on or after June 1 of the previous year (2022);
• 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 submit at most one paper to the competition, and the same paper cannot be submitted by multiple entrants. An entrant may appear as a co-author on another paper(s) submitted to the competition, as long as the other paper(s) is submitted by a different entrant(s);
• The paper must not have won a prize (1st-2nd) in a previous Nicholson Competition;

For detailed information about the application process, please visit:
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/George-Nicholson-Student-Paper-Competition/George-Nicholson-Student-Paper-Competition-Application-Process

2023 Committee Co-Chairs:

 Anton Braverman, Northwestern University 

He Wang, Georgia Tech