Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Fund

One of INFORMS' strategic goals is to "advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in all we do." Your donation to the DEI Fund makes that goal achievable.

INFORMS provides programming, insight, and advice to promote diversity and inclusion in our society and the profession. Your gift helps us to organize innovative programs including the DEI Ambassadors Program [↗], Unconscious Bias video [↗], a webinar series focusing on diversity in OR/MS and analytics, and sessions and plenary speakers at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Your donation will go a long way in ensuring that we continue to support and celebrate DEI.

$250 can underwrite the Annual Meeting registration fee for an underrepresented student in STEM.    

$100 may help to finance the DEI Ambassadors Program for our members to work on initiatives to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive professional community. 

$50 may assist with funding the DEI plenary or keynote speakers at INFORMS conferences.

$25 may provide support for DEI networking activities and events at INFORMS conferences.

Student Fund

Your thoughtful investment enables us to support student needs, such as conference travel grants and registration fees, student award support, student leadership conference, student memberships, etc. Ultimately, it helps us fulfill our mission of fostering the professional pipeline of future INFORMS members.

Your contribution provides an opportunity to “pay it forward” to future OR/MS and analytics professionals.

$250 may support student travel grants or registration fees to attend INFORMS conferences.

$100 may help to support future student leadership conferences. 

$50 may provide support for student prizes and competitions. 

$25 may assist with funding student chapter activities.

General Fund

O.R. and Analytics Saves Lives, Saves Money, and Solves Problems

Your gift provides flexibility in meeting INFORMS community-wide needs. When you give to the General Fund, you provide INFORMS the unique opportunity to innovate and develop emerging efforts. Without this freedom, it is difficult to keep our industry on the “cutting edge” of meaningful change. 

Through your support, INFORMS can support a variety of initiatives and programs outside the scope of membership dues.

$250 could provide support for government advocacy initiatives that increase awareness and interest in O.R., analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence (AI).

$100 may help to provide resources for educators and industry professionals such as teaching cases, video library, articles, and analytics capability assessment.

$50 may assist with funding for mentoring and speaker programs.

$25 may provide support for podcasts and webinar series.