J. FRANK YATES MEMORIAL STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
The SJDM J. Frank Yates Memorial Scholarship is administered by the society's Diversity and Inclusion committee. It was established to honor Professor J. Frank Yates, who was dedicated to broadening perspectives in the judgment and decision-making field. The travel fund helps support underrepresented students attending the SJDM conference. Previous award winners are listed here. If you would like to support the Yates fund, please donate here.
All students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the sciences (as defined by NIH or NSF, including those with LGBTQ+ identities) are eligible. However, SJDM will prioritize those who are 1) presenting at the conference or 2) attending the conference for the first time.
"Underrepresented" includes, for example, women, people with disabilities, Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, those with LGBTQ+ identities, those whose parents’ highest degree was high school or lower, and those with economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Applications are released in late summer/early fall each year, and will be posted on this page and on the email lists. If you will be applying for the Yates award, please do NOT register for the conference until after award decisions are made, because the award includes free conference registration.
Here is the 2025 Yates award application link:
https://ucrbusiness.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3jIgPrgEVcKPoxg
The 2025 Yates application deadline is Sep 15th at 5pm Eastern Time.
