https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Daniel-H.-Wagner-Prize-for-Excellence-in-the-Practice-of-Advanced-Analytics-and-Operations-Research
This prize emphasizes the quality and coherence of the analysis used in practice. Dr. Wagner strove for strong mathematics applied to practical problems, supported by clear and intelligible writing. This prize recognizes those principles by emphasizing good writing, strong analytical content, and verifiable practice successes.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Doing-Good-with-Good-OR-Student-Paper-Competition
INFORMS is again sponsoring a competition to encourage student research and practice that has societal impact. The "Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition" will feature the most exciting work performed by students in partnership with public and private organizations that yields tangible and beneficial outcomes for individuals, communities, and organizations. Such work will be infused with OR/MS methods and could appeal to multiple disciplinary and application-area interests.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Donald-P.-Gaver-Jr.-Early-Career-Award
The purpose of the award is to support creative and diverse work in operations research in the early career of the recipient. The candidate must be within ten years of receiving a PhD and be in a tenure track academic appointment.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Franz-Edelman-Award
The purpose of the Franz Edelman competition is to bring forward, recognize and reward outstanding examples of operations research, management science, and advanced analytics practice in the world. Winner gets a $10,000 prize. This award is administered by the Practice Section of INFORMS.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Frederick-W.-Lanchester-Prize
Nominations are invited for the 2023 Lanchester Prize. This prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years (i.e. 2018 or more recent). For a group of publications, at least one publication of the group must have been published during that same five-year period.
The award will be given at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/George-B.-Dantzig-Dissertation-Award
The George B. Dantzig Award is given for the best dissertation in any area of operations research and the management sciences that is innovative and relevant to practice. This award has been established to encourage academic research that combines theory and practice and stimulates greater interaction between doctoral students (and their advisors) and the world of practice. The award is given at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/George-E.-Kimball-Medal
The George E. Kimball Medal is awarded for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences. The award is a medallion and a certificate.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/George-Nicholson-Student-Paper-Competition
The George Nicholson 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.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Impact-Prize
The Impact Prize, awarded once every two years, is intended to recognize widespread impact in the practice of operations research. It may be awarded to an individual or a single set of collaborators. The award may be given for the original research (if these ideas have been widely adopted), and/or for special efforts required to bring the research to a practical form (e.g., implementation as a software package or the communication of a body of research through writings, teaching, and consulting). The important criterion is breadth of use in practice and relevance to operations research. The technical assessment of the quality of the work is considered secondary to the degree to which it has been widely adopted.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/INFORMS-Case-Competition
The annual case competition is intended to encourage the creation, dissemination, and classroom use of novel teaching cases in operations research, management science and analytics. While the Case Competition Award Committee desires to promote creation of new and innovative cases, it recognizes that the dissemination of such cases cannot always wait for the timing of this award, and thus recognizes novel submissions for this award as those that have been first published within 12 months of the competition award deadline.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize
The John von Neumann Theory prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Prize-for-the-Teaching-of-the-OR-MS-Practice
The Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice will be given annually, if there is a suitable recipient, to a university or college teacher for excellence in teaching the practice of OR/MS. The purpose of this award is to recognize a teacher who has succeeded in helping his or her students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective practitioners of operations research or the management sciences. An "effective practitioner" has respect for, understanding of, and the skills to surmount both the practical difficulties and the technical challenges of doing good OR/MS work.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Saul-Gass-Expository-Writing-Award
The Saul Gass Expository Writing Award honors an operations researcher/management scientist whose publications demonstrate a consistently high standard of expository writing. A submission should focus on expository writing, not research accomplishments.
https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Undergraduate-Operations-Research-Prize
The Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition is held each year to honor a student or group of students who conducted a significant applied project in operations research or management science, and/or original and important theoretical or applied research in operations research or management science, while enrolled as an undergraduate student. The prize is given each year at the Annual Meeting.