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The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation (ASSEF) is pleased to announce a research grant to a safety & health researcher(s) to conduct applied research that would enhance management performance in reducing injuries and illness in the workplace.
One award up to $20,000 will be funded. (Please do not inflate the required budget with unwarranted expenses to reach the $20,000 award level).
Indirect costs should not exceed 7.5% of the total proposed amount. Specific scrutiny will be directed to administrative charges (direct or indirect) in excess of reasonable costs consistent with other expense components. Tuition for graduate assistants is not considered a warranted expense.
Determining and developing innovative methods or systems for advancing safety and health systems and methods that will assist safety and health professionals in mitigating risks of injury and illness in the workplace.
Submissions on the following topics are suggested. However, this will not limit other topics from being considered.
Effective interventions for prevention of traumatic injuries.
Criteria to measure risk control effectiveness.
"Proactive" incorporation of risk-control principles in early design of facilities, processes and management systems.
Personal protective equipment for emergency response, especially new technologies in assuring effective use of respirators.
Fall protection equipment anchorages based on research into acceptable solid anchorage systems.
Scaffolding mooring points based on new proven technologies for effective mooring points
Scaffolding supporting system integrity study based on weather, aging and maintenance frequency.
Foreign language issues impacting safety in workplaces and effective methods to minimize such impacts in different companies.
Effective programs or systems to effectively minimize backing accidents in mining and/or construction industries.
Applications will be evaluated by the degree to which the described activity meets the following criteria:
Application of one or more results derived from the study
Measurability of results/outcomes
Efficient use of resources
Well-defined target population
Transferability to other work environments
Validation process
Minimal use of surveys/questionnaires
Originality of proposal
Value of results of the research (use and/or application)
Applications are due no later than November 1, 2007 and can be submitted electronically to mgoranson@asse.org or mailed to:
ASSE Foundation/Research
Mary Goranson, Foundation Manager
1800 E. Oakton Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Selected applicant must be able to prepare and submit a paper suitable for publication in Professional Safety within three months of the completed project. All applications become the property of ASSEF. The decisions of the Research Committee are final.
Information on the award winner will be disseminated via ASSE and ASSEF publications.
Contact Mary Goranson, Foundation Manager at mgoranson@asse.org.