{"id":10728,"date":"2025-03-05T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2025\/?page_id=10728"},"modified":"2025-03-05T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:49:11","slug":"call-for-nominations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2025\/call-for-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10728\" data-postid=\"10728\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10728 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_kyrg384 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_31pn384 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_j3ac635   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2><strong>Robert G. Sargent Simulation Scholarship <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>March 1, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The purpose of the Robert G. Sargent Simulation Scholarship is to provide one scholarship annually to a Ph.D. student working on their doctoral dissertation in simulation. The scholarship recipient must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program at a university in the United States, must expect to complete their Ph.D. degree requirements between six and eighteen months from the application due date (May 1, 2025), and must be a member of the INFORMS Simulation Society. Applications will be evaluated based on the degree to which the applicant has demonstrated academic preparation for success in dissertation research via graduate level coursework, previous studies, projects, research experience and support letters, and the degree to which the applicant\u2019s program of dissertation research makes a significant contribution to the field of simulation.<\/p>\n<p>Each application should contain the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A curriculum vitae that details the applicant\u2019s complete educational history, including specifics regarding dates of enrollment in graduate studies and graduate courses. 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The two letters in item 3 should be sent via email separately by the authors as PDF files to <a href=\"mailto:nelsonb@northwestern.edu\">nelsonb@northwestern.edu<\/a> by no later than May 1, 2025. 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