New York-Ontario (NYON) Operations Workshop

NYON 2026 Student Best Paper Award

We invite submissions in the field of Operations Management or Operations Research to a student paper competition open to final-year or near-final-year Ph.D. students from NYON participating schools (see list below). Finalists will be announced before the workshop and invited to present their research during the event, with winners announced at the end of the workshop. Submission deadline is 7/31/2026 11:59PM EST. Each student is eligible to submit no more than one paper to the competition.

To participate in the competition, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/LKBXmacSa9D6dUjQ6 
And, using the following link, please submit:

1. A cover letter including full name, affiliation and email addresses of the PhD student, the advisor and any other co-authors if applicable. The student should also indicate which year they are entering in the coming academic year. Name your file using the first three words of your paper title: "first_three_words_cover_letter". 
2. The full paper (including any supplemental materials). For blind review, any author(s) information should be removed. Name your file using the first three words of your paper title: "first_three_words_paper".
3. A letter from the student’s advisor(s) attesting to the student’s primary contribution to the work. Name your file using the first three words of your paper title: "first_three_words_letter". 
    

NYON participating schools: University of Buffalo, University of Rochester, University of Toronto, Syracuse University, Cornell University, RPI, Queen’s University, Western University, McMaster University. For any other institutions from the region that are not listed here, please contact the organizing committee to verify eligibility.

Submit Your Paper

If you have any questions, please email the organizing committee at nyonworkshop@gmail.com