2027 UPS George Smith Prize Submission Deadline

About this program

INFORMS is soliciting submissions for the 2027 UPS George D. Smith Prize, awarded to an academic department or program that demonstrates effective and innovative preparation of students to be outstanding practitioners in operations research, management science, analytics, and data science. Eligible applicants are academic departments or programs whose curricular, experiential, or programmatic innovations clearly advance practitioner education in these fields. Submission deadline is November 24, 2026; further details and prize information (monetary amount not stated on the prize page) are available on the INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize webpage.