See below for the announcement for POMS' Emerging Economies Young Researcher Award (EEYRA). Please bring it to the attention of your Ph.D. students who plan to participate and present papers in POMS 2008 conference to be held in San Diego.
The Emerging Economies Young Researcher Award (EEYRA) has been created to establish institutional linkages to reach out to future scholars in emerging economies, and to encourage their development and connection to the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
To be eligible for the award, the student must be currently enrolled (at the time of the application) in a Ph.D. program in an Operations Management related field in a country with an emerging economy from one of the three regions Africa, Australasia, and Latin America.
See document below or go to www.poms.org to see more details.
Best wishes
Sushil
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Dr. Sushil Gupta
Executive Director - POMS
Professor, College of Business
Florida International University
RB 250, 11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: 305 348 1413
Fax: 305 348 4126
E-mail: poms@fiu.edu
Purpose
The Emerging Economies Young Researcher Award (EEYRA) has been created to establish institutional linkages to reach out to future scholars in emerging economies, and to encourage their development and connection to the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
Award
A grant will be awarded to the recipient, a Ph.D. student, of the EEYRA to fund travel from abroad to the U.S. to attend the POMS 2008 Conference in San Diego, California, U.S.A. The recipient will also be provided complimentary registration and shared room accommodation at the conference hotel. An additional $ 200 may be provided to meet incidental expenses in San Diego.
The award committee may give the award to one or more Ph.D. students from each of the three regions Africa, Australasia, and Latin America. The total expenses for each region should not exceed $ 2,000.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the award, the student must be currently enrolled (at the time of the application) in a Ph.D. program in an Operations Management related field in a country with an “emerging economy” from one of the three regions Africa, Australasia, and Latin America.
Submission Procedure
An institution (university or corporation) may sponsor a student with a commitment to partially fund the cost of travel from abroad to the U.S.
A Ph.D. student may also apply directly for this award.
In either case the Ph.D. student should submit an extended abstract of at most 5 double-spaced pages of the paper to be presented at the POMS conference in San Diego. The applicant should provide a letter from an official of her/his academic institution stating that she/he is in good standing in her/his Ph.D. program in an Operations Management related field. Students should submit their abstracts by March 3, 2008 by emailing them in pdf format to, the Executive Director of POMS, Dr. Sushil Gupta, (poms@fiu.edu).
Criteria
To receive the award, a Ph.D. student must demonstrate evidence of substantial promise as a scholar in an Operations Management related field. In each region (Africa, Australasia, Latin America), where students exhibit such promise, the award will go to the student that demonstrates the largest promise as judged by the committee members.
Notification Procedure
The award committee will notify the winner(s) of the award by March 31, 2008. An award plaque along with a check will be presented to the winner(s) at the POMS Conference in La Jolla (May 9-12, 2008).
Award Committee
The award committee and its chair consisting of POMS members will be appointed by POMS Board on the basis of the recommendations received from the POMS Regional Vice Presidents.
For More Information: To learn more about the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), please go to http://www.poms.org/