IEA Extends Submission Deadline for IEA/Kingfar Award

Application for the IEA/Kingfar Award

Purpose

The IEA/Kingfar Award is given annually to honor persons who have high-quality human factors/ ergonomics (HFE) research achievements. The purpose of the award is to significantly promote and reward high-quality original research and applications on new and emerging HFE issues or issues specifically related to industrially developing countries (IDCs), as well as to promote a career path in HFE. 

Basic Structure

• Honor eligible nominees who have made high-quality HFE research achievements that address new and emerging issues or issues typical of industrially developing countries (IDCs). Nominees can be from any countries including both IDCs and developed countries.
• Honor up to 13 winners each year, with 8 awards given to PhD students, and 5 awards to early career scholars/researchers (within 10 years of completing a PhD).
• Award each student winner a prize of $1,000 and each early career winner a prize of $1,500.

Eligibility

• The submitted research achievement should address new and emerging HFE issues or issues typical of IDCs, which is proved by submitted evidentiary documents. All areas of HFE are acceptable.
• Nominees may be PhD students or early career researchers (within 10 years of completing a PhD).
• For student nominees:
  • The submitted research achievement should have been accomplished by the nominated student prior to graduation from a doctoral program.
  • The nominee is a registered doctoral student or a doctoral candidate. Recent graduates who were awarded a doctoral degree within the past year may also be nominated for the student award.
• For early career researchers:
  • The submitted research achievement should have been accomplished by the nominee within 10 years of PHD graduation
  • The submitted achievement should be part of a programmatic research plan, geared toward a career in HFE
• The nominee must have made a major contribution to the submitted research achievement, preferably the first or corresponding author of evidentiary technical document(s) – See Nomination Process shown below.
• The nominee is a member of an IEA Federated or Affiliated Society, or a self-recommending individual whom an IEA federated or affiliated society agrees to nominate. It is suggested that the federated or affiliated society promote ways to associate students to enable applications.

Note, the IEA Award Committee may examine the eligibility and decline the application before detailed technical evaluation.

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