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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:22.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002D5A">CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:22.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002D5A">INFORMS Information Systems Society Design Science Award
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The award recognizes research efforts that use an experimental research approach-- building and evaluating
working IT systems or creating IT artifacts, as a vehicle for generating design science methods, principles, practice guidelines, insights, and lessons learned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The submission must be based on an IT artifact that is novel and innovative with respect to previous
work in the field and that demonstrates utility in solving important problem in the development, management, and use of information technology within an organizational context. Preference will be given to work that develops and applies such IT artifacts to
application areas that were not previously believed to be amenable to IT support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The intent of the award is to encourage the creation and articulation of IT design science knowledge
by university research communities that will be useful for both research and practice. Distinct from the current set of ISS awards which are focused principally on the quality of published papers in well-known journals in the IS academic community, this ISS
Design Science award is principally focused on the quality, novelty and significance of the IT artifact created and validated. In this sense, the award is not solely based on the publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Yet, the award acknowledges academic and research excellence in IS related Design Science research.
Since research thinking and results are most effectively distilled and communicated through carefully written publications, submissions for this award must include related publications which describe the key ideas and substance of the work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The publication venue in which this IS related Design Science work appears is not the primary determinant
for the award. Priority is given to the substance, quality, and innovative nature of the IT artifacts created and evaluated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The award is open to university or graduate professional program faculty and students across any discipline,
department or school within a university that is engaged in designing, building and evaluating IT artifacts for research and experimental purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Award amount is US$1,000.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Announcement in pdf:
<a href="http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/events/informs/docs/2012_INFORMS_ISS_Design_Science_%20Award.pdf">
http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/events/informs/docs/2012_INFORMS_ISS_Design_Science_%20Award.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Nomination form:
<a href="http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/events/informs/application_form.asp">http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/events/informs/application_form.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Submission deadline: November 30, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Award recipient(s) will be announced during WITS 2012 (Workshop on Information Technology and Systems)
preceding ICIS 2012.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paulo Goes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salter Professor and Department Head<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Management Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eller College of Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(520) 621-2429<o:p></o:p></p>
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