Competitions For a listing of past DSI award winners, see http://www.decisionsciences.org/hallfame.htm

The purpose of the Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition is to encourage and publicize outstanding dissertation research by selecting and recognizing the best dissertations written in the past year in the decision sciences. The Elwood S. Buffa Dissertation Award, accompanied by a $1,500 stipend, will be presented at the annual meeting.

The Instructional Innovation Award Competition seeks to recognize outstanding contributions that advance instructional approaches within the decision sciences. The focus of this award is innovation in college- or university-level teaching. Three finalists will be chosen to make presentations at the conference competition. The winning entry receives an award of $1,500 and $750 will be divided among each of the other finalists.

Best Paper Awards will be presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting. Categories include Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper, Best Application Paper, and Best Interdisciplinary Paper.

In addition, this year for the first time, there will be a Distinguished Paper Award for outstanding papers within each track. Reviewers will be asked to nominate competitive paper submissions for these awards. Nominations will then be reviewed by a best paper review committee, which will make award recommendations.

The Case Studies Workshop serves an active role in the dissemination of new ideas with respect to case studies topics. The Best Case Studies Award will be presented in conjunction with the 30th annual DSI Case Studies Workshop on "Case Techniques in the Decision Sciences." Cases may be methodological in nature (i.e., crafted to support the learning of a specific technical skill) or integrative (i.e., designed to foster the integration of scientific approaches and analyses with real-world decision making).

Please send submissions (following the "Instructions for Electronic Submissions") directly to the coordinator by April 8, 2004.