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Opportunities for Research Funding in Operations Research / Management Sciences

The objective of this page is to provide a brief overview of various opportunities for funded research in OR / MS, along with pointers to federal and other agencies which maintain web pages or electronic databases for such information. Part of the page points to general information describing existing programs; this information is more or less static. The other part of the page provides information relating to specific opportunities that arise periodically; such information is added and updated as and when it is received.

 While every attempt is made to be as comprehensive as possible, this page is not meant to be exhaustive. It is provided as a service and you should follow the links to the original source to ensure that you get complete and accurate information. The emphasis is on pointing people in the direction of funding information as opposed to providing complete details of the information itself.

Finally, if you are at a funding agency and would like to add to the material provided here, or correct any of the existing information, please send a detailed e-mail message to the Associate Editor, Funding or the Editor, INFORMS Online.

Overview of Opportunities at Various Funding Sources

NOTE:  There are more than 50 professional organizations pertinent to OR/MS. Our Guide to OR/MS Societies provides pointers to their Web sites.  More than 10 of these have information related to sources for research funding and/or scholarships; to find such information, search the Guide for the string "Funding" and then click on the appropriate link.

Current Announcements

  • Sloan Industry Center Fellowships

    • The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is seeking interested academic candidates for Sloan Industry Center Fellowships. The Fellowships provide funding for both recent PhD's and faculty to undertake research at one of fifteen Sloan Industry Centers located at leading universities in the United States. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2000. However, prospective Fellows should contact Center Directors by September 1 if they wish to be considered for nomination. Details are available at www.sloan.org.

  • A User's Guide to the NSF

    • A self-extracting zip-file of a Microsoft Power-Point presentation made at the INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium by Bruce Kramer, Director DMII (please also refer to the NSF section of this page)
     
  • Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education - POWRE

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  • Change in Obtaining NSF Information Electronically

    • The current e-mail STIS system will be retired (probably this summer) as NSF goes to a completely Web-based information dissemination system. The new Web-based system is called "Custom News Service" and its URL is http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm. If one has an e-mail account, one can subscribe to this service (free). Your e-mail address is your login. If help is needed, contact NSF's Information Center at info@nsf.gov or call 703-306-1234. To set up your profile, visit the NSF home page at http://www.nsf.gov and click on the Custom News Service button on the toolbar at the bottom of the home page, or go directly to the service at the URL given above. You will be prompted to provide your e-mail address and given a series of options, from which to choose.
     

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