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The Society encourages its members to enter the competitions for the following two international, OR-related awards:
This prize is awarded at the close of each IFORS Triennial Conference for the best paper on a topic in which Operations Research is harnassed for development, and currently carries with it a grand prize of US $4000 and a runner-up prize of US $2000 as well as publication of the winning papers in the scholarly journal International Transactions in Operational Research. The following criteria apply:
More information on this award may be fould by following this link.
The Franz Edelman Award competition is organised by INFORMS and recognizes outstanding examples of innovative operations research that improves organisations - and often change people's lives. This annual competition brings together top examples of innovation from large and small, profit and non-profit, corporate and governmental, American and international organisations. The common theme characterising all the final competing teams is use of the most sophisticated analytical tools employed in operations research to make a major impact on an organization and the people that it serves. The competition carries US $15000 in awards; the first prize is accompanied by a US $10000 honorarium. More information on this award may be fould by following this link.