May 2010
Volume 53, Number 5
Annual Meeting
CEDM-TG Annual Meeting Student Award
By David B. Kaber, Chair, Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Technical Group
To help enable students to participate in the HFES 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group will award five students up to $700 each, up to a maximum of $3,500. To be eligible, students must (a) be a full-time student (undergraduate or graduate) at the time of the HFES Annual Meeting, September 27-October 1, 2010; (b) be a member of HFES; and (c) have a submission accepted to the CEDM-TG program.
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Awards will be prioritized on the basis of student need for support, including the number of sources and amount of funding a student has already received (or will receive) for participation in the Annual Meeting.
Application Requirements
Students wishing to apply for an Annual Meeting award must complete an application and submit it along with the following attachments:
- Curriculum vitae or résumé (maximum of 2 pages)
- Proposed budget for participation in the Annual Meeting
- One-page essay identifying reasons for seeking an award and an explanation of how attendance at the meeting will enhance your academic experience
- Proof of paper acceptance by the CEDM-TG
- Letter of recommendation for an Annual Meeting award from your academic adviser (one page)
- CEDM TG Student Annual Meeting Award Endorsement Form
Send the application and attachments via e-mail to CEDM-TG Secretary-Treasurer Karen Feigh, (karen.feigh@gatech.edu) no later than May 31, 2010.
Award Process
Awardees will be notified and funds made available shortly before the June 30 deadline for final paper submissions. All awards will be made by check to student recipients as gifts to their home institutions. The students' university or college must have an established gift account through which to receive the gift. The student's academic adviser and/or department will be responsible for overseeing disbursement of the award to the student recipient from the gift account. All award funds must be used to support student participation in the Annual Meeting.
All student members with a paper submission accepted to a CEDM-TG technical session are strongly encouraged to apply for this program. Please visit the CEDM-TG Web site for more information on this and other TG initiatives and activities.
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