Students and Professors! Don't Miss Out on Award and Financial Benefits!

The deadline to apply for the annual Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award is 30 June 2022.  The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) gives the award to the student (or group of students) for an Ergonomics project that demonstrates the major practice areas of Ergonomics:  Analysis, Design, and Integration.  The award is open, worldwide, to students (Honours, M.S. or Ph.D.) in Ergonomics and Ergonomics-related programs.  Students who have completed their graduate degrees in the past year are also eligible.  In addition to the award, there is a $1,000(US). The award and check will be presented during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, 10-14 October 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  [Winner DOES NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL to Atlanta to receive the award.] 

In addition, $1,000.00(US) will be awarded to the professor who served as the mentor for the student project.  The cash award is made to the university department or lab for the professor’s discretionary use to advance education in the practice of ergonomics and human factors.  The student(s), professor, and university will be recognized on the FPE website as recipients of the award, and a summary of the student project will be posted. For complete details on criteria and format, visit this page. Submission should be sent electronically to Dr. Robert J Smillie, C.ErgHF, CPE, robert.smillie@cox.net.