2024 Winner(s)
- Che-Yi Liao, Georgia Tech
Purpose of the Award
The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Health Services is to promote the development and application of process modeling and operations research analyses to health care design, delivery and operations. The scholarship provides funding of $5,000 ($US) to support the development of highly qualified individuals and promote the interchange of health services research knowledge in conjunction with INFORMS.
The Bonder Scholarship consists of an award of $4,000 ($US) that is intended to provide financial support for a promising new researcher. In addition, the scholarship recipient will be eligible for up to $1,000 ($US) of travel funding to support his or her participation in Health Application Section activities at the annual INFORMS conference. An additional $2,000 ($US) award is provided and funded by the Seth Bonder Foundation. INFORMS will waive the Annual Meeting registration fee for the scholarship recipient. The tenure of the award is one year.
Application process:
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About the Award/Namesake
INFORMS records with sorrow the passing on October 29, 2011 of Dr. Seth Bonder after a long illness. Dr. Bonder was a longtime friend of INFORMS and its predecessor society, the Operations Research Society of America, which he served as its president. Dr. Bonder not only endowed two INFORMS scholarships that bear his name; he also took a strong, encouraging interest in the work of the scholarship recipients who came to his attention because of their excellence. His work in national defense and telemedicine made him a much sought after consultant by government and private industry alike. INFORMS, its board, administration, and members, mourn his loss.