Prize Summary

The ASysT Applied Systems Thinking Prize is awarded annually for a significant accomplishment achieved through the application of systems thinking to a problem of US national significance in the area of national security, homeland security, energy, environment, health care or education.

Prize

• The winning nomination will receive a monetary award of $20,000.
• The winner will be honored during a seminar discussing the accomplishment and an awards banquet. Reimbursement for travel to the events will be provided in addition to the monetary award.

What is Systems Thinking?

Systems Thinking is an analytical approach that addresses a system and its associated external context as a whole that cannot be analyzed solely through reduction of the system to its component parts. In Systems Thinking one sees, and assesses, both the “forest and the trees”. In addition, Systems Thinking acknowledges the strong interactions between the system components, and the emergent behaviors and unintended consequences that may result through these interactions. Systems thinking tools and concepts operate at the intersection of traditional “hard” Systems Engineering and “softer” Systems Management disciplines, and embrace elements of both.

For questions regarding the Prize, please contact ASysT at prize@asysti.org.