INFORMS Scholarship

2024 - Winner(s)

2024 Winner(s)

Purpose of the Award

The INFORMS scholarships supports undergraduate students to attend the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 26-29, 2025.  This scholarship program aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate students an opportunity to experience these exciting fields and gain professional development opportunities by attending the annual meeting.

2025 Committee Chair

Talayeh Razzaghi, Ph.D. 
University of Oklahoma

Click here for full committee listing

Scholarships will provide travel and registration reimbursements up to $1,500.

We encourage self-nominations from undergraduate students across a variety of quantitative disciplines, including (but not limited to): mathematics, engineering, computer science, statistics, business, and economics. This scholarship is aimed at two types of undergraduate students:

  1. those already engaged in operations research and management science studies and/or research projects, and
  2. those who have had little to no training in traditional OR/MS courses, but are considering pursuing graduate studies in this area, e.g., a third year undergraduate math major who is contemplating their post-graduation plans.

The awardees will be provided with a recommended schedule to help them enjoy and learn from the conference and other scholarship winners. Specific activities may include:

  • Meeting with ambassador graduate students
  • Meetings with committee members and INFORMS Staff
  • Attending plenaries, selected talks/posters, and tutorials
  • Attending new member breakfast
  • Attending INFORMS Welcome Reception
  • Attending INFORMS society meetings  

Eligibility

  • Student in their final undergraduate year at the time of the Annual Meeting, October 26 - 29, 2025.
  • An overall GPA equivalent to 3.25 or better on a 4.0 system. 
  • Applicant must have plans to attend the INFORMS Annual Meeting (if awarded the scholarship) 

Application Requirements

An application requires:

  • the student's one-page CV or resume
  • the student's transcript (an unofficial copy is fine)
  • complete online application with questions related to academic and professional goals
  • online questionnaire completed by a faculty member familiar with the applicant's academic progress and interest. 

The deadline for applications is June 15, 2025 (11:59pm pacific). Applications should be submitted through the INFORMS submission portal.

Start your submission (opening spring 2025) 

The INFORMS Scholarships Committee will evaluate and select the scholarship recipients.


Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Alexander Zalles, Rice University
Andrea Zamudio, North Carolina State University
Aubree Xia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Elise Han, Columbia University
Riley Byrd, Kansas State University
Van Tran, Harvard University
Yang Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zachary Ramirez, Purdue University
2023
Winner(s)
Changkun Guan, Bucknell University
Jake Palmieri, University of Southern California
Mung Yao Jia, Johns Hopkins University
Ruofeng Liu, Rice University
Valeria Castro, Universidad de los Andes
Xinchang Wang, University of Michigan
Zach Jordan, University of Colorado
2022
Winner(s)
Forrest Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Kathryn Dullerud, University of Southern California
Natasha Patnaik, Rice University
Nishant Shrestha, Bucknell University
2021
Winner(s)
Indira Brown, Purdue University
Isidore Sossa, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Jesse Contreras, Oregon State University
Madeleine Pollack, Georgia Institute of Technology
2020
Winner(s)
Abel Sapirstein, Harvey Mudd College
Agustín Chiu Lopez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Emmett Springer, University of Michigan
Helena García Jaimlais, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
Imani Carson, University of Michigan
Isaac Bleecker, Gordon College
Kara Combs, Wright State University
Macarena Paz Navarro Tabilo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Mohammad Amir Ahmadian, Sharif University of Technology
Sadie Cox, University of Michigan
Santhosh Saravanan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shengwei Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
2019
Winner(s)
Angela Lin, Rice University
Elisa Danthinne, Northeastern University
Luiza Santo, Texas Tech University
Michael Gao, Harvey Mudd College
2018
Winner(s)
Dipayan Banerjee, Northwestern University
Hemeng (Maggie) Li, Harvey Mudd College
Vinayak (Vinny) Ahluwalia, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor