Call for Participation in ELAVIO 2027, Montevideo, Uruguay February 21 – 26, 2027 EURO is pleased to announce the travel sponsorship of up to two participants to join the ELAVIO 2027 - Latin-American Summer School in Operations Research (https://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/eventos/elavio-2027/). ELAVIO is the Latin-American Summer School in Operations Research, promoted by the Latin-Iberian American Association of Operations Research (ALIO) and supported by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). The school addresses students and young researchers with outstanding performance and an interest in Operations Research, Informatics and Applied Mathematics. Requirements for applicants to the travel sponsorship: - To study or conduct research in a EURO member society (http://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1457/membersocieties). - To be proficient in English and to have a basic understanding of Spanish or Portuguese. - To have conducted research in the specific fields of interest of the school. - To be a PhD, Master’s or advanced undergraduate student, or to have completed a PhD no more than two years ago. - To be able to present some of their research and answer questions in English. - To be highly recommended by their advisor in their area of research. - The chosen candidates will be required to submit a final report to EURO regarding the impact of their participation. Candidates for this EURO travel grant must send the following documents (PDF file format) to José-Fernando Camacho-Vallejo (Vice-President of IFORS for ALIO, fernando.camacho@tec.mx), Greet Vanden Berghe (Vice-President of IFORS for EURO, vpifors@euro-online.org) and the local Organizing Committee of ELAVIO (elaviouy@fing.edu.uy): - a short curriculum vitae; - a recommendation letter from their advisor and a confirmation of their studentship or affiliation to a EURO member society; - summary (max. 2 pages) of their research to present at the school in case of acceptance. Important dates: November 22, 2026: Deadline for applications December 6, 2026: Communication of results December 20, 2026: Deadline for confirming attendance and payment of registration fee February 21-26/2027: ELAVIO 2027! The travel expenses of the accepted candidates will be reimbursed by EURO after the summer school. Contact for any additional inquiries: José-Fernando Camacho-Vallejo (fernando.camacho@tec.mx) ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************