Frank M. Bass Dissertation Paper Award -- Application Process
The Bass Award is given to the best marketing paper derived from a Ph.D. thesis published in an INFORMS-sponsored journal according to the following eligibility requirements:
- The paper must have appeared in an INFORMS journal within approximately the two years and three months preceding the nomination deadline and
- The paper must have been accepted within five years from the date the thesis was finally approved.
- Additionally, in the case of multiple authors, nomination implies that the Ph. D. recipient is understood to have made the primary contribution to the publication. For more than two authors, this condition requires that the Ph.D. recipient be the first author. For two authors, either the Ph.D. recipient is the first author or the names are in alphabetical order and there is a notation as to the relative contributions of the authors indicating equal (or greater) contribution by the recipient.
A paper can be nominated at most twice, and an individual canonly once.
Nominations must be submitted in writing via e-mail by the thesis advisor. The nominating letter must give the title of the paper, name of the student, name(s) of any co-author(s), name of the degree-granting institution, date thesis was finally approved, members of the thesis committee, and complete reference citation for the article. The nomination packet must also include a one-page abstract (in Microsoft Word) from the published article including the title, authors, and full citation. Please send e-mail first with postal backup.
Nominations due by March 15, 2008. Voting will be completed by May 2008, and the award is given at the Marketing Science Conference. The winner is announced in summer on the INFORMS Society of Marketing Science website and in the ISMS Newsletter.
2008 Committee Chair
Scott Neslin
Dartmouth College
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Hinman 9000
Hanover, NH 03755 U.S.A.
voice: +1 603-646-2841
fax: +1 603-646-1308
e-mail: scott.a.neslin@dartmouth.edu