The IMA Information and Inference Best Paper Prize for early career researchers is a biennial prize highlighting the best articles published by an early career researcher in Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA. Eligible manuscripts are those which have been accepted for publication and which were submitted with a co-author who is currently a doctoral student or within five years of the receipt of their first doctorate. All eligible manuscripts will be reviewed by the Editors-in-Chief and a shortlist of early career authors will be invited to present their article at a prize meeting. First and second prizes will be awarded based on the merit of the article and its presentation.