2027 Best Paper Award Competition

HOCM will run a best paper competition in 2027. The aim of this competition is to identify and honor outstanding papers in our field.

The submission deadline is November 8, 2026, and the winner will be announced at the POMS Annual Conference 2027 (April 22 to 26, 2027, in Orlando, Fl).

If you have questions about this competition, feel free to contact the VPs of Awards, Karthik Natarajan (knataraj@umn.edu) and Iana Jackson (ijackson@walton.uark.edu). The winner and runner-up, announced at the business meeting, will each receive a plaque and a monetary prize — $500 for the winner and $250 for the runner-up. 

See the attachment for the call for papers.