Call for Applications for the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026

1. The EDDA jury will only consider dissertations in Operational Research defended between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. The dissertation must have been defended in a University located in a member country of EURO. The author of the dissertation must be a member of a member society of EURO.
   
   
2. To be considered, a dissertation should be nominated by the supervisor of the thesis (one of them in case of multiple supervisors). The supervisor of the dissertation is asked to provide the jury with the following information:
   1. The text of the dissertation;
   2. An extended abstract (3 to 5 pages) of the dissertation; this abstract should be written in English and should include precise keywords;
   3. An itemization of the candidate's contribution to each co-authored article if the dissertation contains co-authored articles (i.e., published papers or unpublished manuscripts);
   4. If the dissertation is not in English, a paper in English which has been authored or co-authored by the candidate and which describes the core ideas of the dissertation. This paper should preferably have been published in or submitted to an international journal;
   5. Nomination letters (or reports) from two referees selected by the dissertation supervisor, supporting the submission and stating their assessment of why the dissertation should win the award;
   6. An up-to-date CV of the candidate, including a list of publications.

   No nomination will be considered without these items. Please also check the guidelines (https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/242/guidelines).

   Since many doctoral dissertations in OR are defended each year only outstanding pieces of work are expected to be submitted. The jury would like to remind supervisors that only high-quality theses might have a chance of winning the award.
   
   
3. Evaluation Criteria. Submissions will be evaluated based on the originality and significance of the scientific contribution to Operational Research, methodological soundness and rigor, relevance and potential impact, clarity and coherence of presentation, and the extent and independence of the candidate's individual contribution.
   
   
4. The jury selects a shortlist of finalists who will present their work in a special session at the IFORS Conference in Vienna. There is no registration fee for each finalist. EURO will also contribute to the travel and accommodation expenses. The winner will be determined by the jury at the end of the special session(s) and will be announced by the chair of the jury during the closing session of the IFORS 2026 Conference.
   
   
5. Applications should be submitted (as a zip file or equivalent single submission) online https://www.euro-online.org/awards/edda2026/registration.php by the deadline of January 31, 2026.