The Award winners each will receive a cash award of US $3,000. A travel stipend also may be awarded.   Any student enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution worldwide is eligible.

A student wishing to apply for the award should submit the following documents via email (see contact information below): (1) A full copy of a paper that the student has authored, which documents an HF/E contribution. The student should be first author on a coauthored paper. (2) A resume (4 pages limit, student name, address, e-mail, phone, institution, experience, publications, HF/E accomplishments/contributions). (3) A letter from the student’s academic adviser on institutional letterhead certifying: (1) the paper was written by the student; (2) the student was primarily responsible for the work described in the paper; (3) the student was enrolled in the academic program when this work was carried out; (4) the period of time over which the work was carried out; (5) the work described was completed after August 2019; and (6) the paper is being submitted for the IEA Student Award.

Awardees will be selected using four criteria: 1. HF/E scientific and technical merit 2. Relevance to design issues 3. Practical relevance 4. Originality and innovative content. Deadlines for the IEA KU Smith Student Award are as follows: September 30, 2020 Papers, resumes and advisor letters received by the IEA Student Award Committee. December 15, 2020 Applicants and winners informed of results. February 5, 2021 Full papers by the winners due to IEA 2021 Congress Program Committee (visit https://iea2021.org/ for details).

Submissions/questions should be sent to IEA Student Award Committee Chair: Professor Pascale Carayon Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Professor in the College of Engineering Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison – USA Phone: +1-608-265-0503 Email: pcarayon@wisc.edu

Please note that you should also submit your 900-word abstract to the IEA 2021 Congress system in order to be considered for the conference, independently of whether you are selected for the IEA student award. For more details: https://iea2021.org/ [deadline for submitting abstracts = September 25, 2020].

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The HFES Training Technical Group is pleased to announce a request for proposals for the 2020 Training TG Student Grant Award.  The recipient of the best proposal will be awarded $750 to help cover expenses including, but not limited to, research materials or equipment, research participant payments, and registration to the virtual HFES annual meeting.  To be eligible for consideration, students are asked to submit the following materials to Andy Dattel (Andy.Dattel@erau.edu) no later than 11:59pm EDT, Friday, July 31, 2020.

Required materials include: 

• Cover letter (Include name, current mailing and email addresses, names of others involved in the project, and university affiliation)
• Proposal narrative (No longer than three (3) pages double-spaced)
• Proposed budget for award funds (No longer than one (1) page double-spaced)
• Letter of support for research project from student’s advisor (A scanned letter including the advisor’s signature)
• Please write “Training TG Student Grant Award” in the subject line when you submit your proposal

HFES student affiliates are eligible to submit a proposal, but Training TG membership is not required.  Please click here for more details.  For any questions, please email Andy Dattel.

If you are a student member, please consider submitting a proposal.  If you are a non-student member please mention this RFP to any HFES student members you know or students you are mentoring.

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