Frederick W. Lanchester Prize

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Lanchester Prize, a paper, a book, or a group of books or papers must meet the following requirements:

• It must be on an operations research/management science subject.
• It must have been published in in the past five years (i.e. 2020 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.
• It must be written in the English language, and
• It must have appeared in the open literature.

Summary

The Lanchester prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years (i.e. 2020 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 prize includes a commemorative medallion and a U.S. $5,000 cash award. The award is given each year at the fall INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

The submission deadline will be June 15, 2025. The award will be presented at the 2025 Annual INFORMS Meeting.

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