This year HFES continues our seed grant program in support of research and programming that investigates and addresses the intersections of Human Factors/Ergonomics and Anti-Racism/Anti-Bias. The intent of the grant program is to stimulate and support projects and research intended to improve our understanding of and reduce/eliminate racism and bias in the systems, environments, products and tools with which humans interact. Seed grants fund the early stages of projects with the potential for broad impact or provide preliminary data for future state, federal, foundation or other grant proposal mechanisms.
The long term goal of this grant program is to identify evidence-based solutions to the problems of racism and bias. Proposals to be reviewed include a project description (3 pg), a dissemination plan (1 pg), human subjects protection plan (1 pg; provided if the proposal is for research), a budget, CV (3 pg) for each member of the proposal team, and a response to prior reviews if a resubmission (1 pg).
Reviewer criteria:
- Graduate degree in HF/E or occupational health related field or BS degree and 5 years work experience in HF/E or occupational health, and 5 work experience.
- Willingness to review 3 proposals and to read and be prepared to discuss up to 7 proposals; available to perform reviews within the next 4 weeks.
- Willingness to disclose any potential conflicts of interest (professional collaboration within the last 3 years (publication, research, supervisor/mentor, etc.), employed by the same organization/institution, personal relationship, other?)
- Willingness to disclose your social identities (racial identity, ethnicity, gender identity, LGBTQIA status) – this information will not be used to identify individual reviewers, but only to provide information in the aggregate about the team of reviewers, in order to support a transparent review process.
We are particularly interested in recruiting reviewers with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Automation; equity, diversity, or anti-bias training and/or evaluation; health care; health equity/disparity; patient ergonomics; human-AI systems and/or tools; Older adults and/or design for aging; Scholarship and academic work; sociotechnical systems; virtual reality; digital technology; ethnographic research; experimental design; inclusive design; participatory research, equity in different languages, occupational and safety ergonomics and anti-bias in human factors engineering.
How to volunteer: Visit this website to complete the form by April 22, 2024. You will be asked to provide your name, contact information, and information related to the review criteria listed above.
Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to contact: Gwen Malone, Chair HFES D&I Committee -- gmaloner9@gmail.com Dr. Carisa Harris Adamson, Co-Chair HFES D&I Committee - carisaharris@berkeley.edu
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