Awards Committee: Currently, AsHFA sponsors three awards, the Stanley N. Roscoe Award, Henry L. Taylor Founder’s Award, and the William E. Collins Award. The Stanley N. Roscoe Award is given for the best Doctoral Dissertation written in a research area related to Aerospace Human Factors. To be eligible for the award, the dissertation must have been completed and accepted by the sponsoring department between October 1 and September 30 during the year prior to the award. Recent graduates must submit their application materials by February of each year. The award is presented at the AsHFA annual business meeting luncheon. The recipient will receive a plaque and an honorarium of $500. Previous winners of the Roscoe Award have been:
	1995 - Joseph P. Cammarota 1996 - Nadine B. Sarter 1997 - David Merwin 1998 - Kara Latorella 1999 - Patricia M. Ververs 2000 - Maj. Wesley A. Olson 2001 - Kristen K. Ligett 2002 - Dwight A. Holland 2003 - Edward S. Eveland 2004 - Michael S. Stephens. M.D. 2005 - Terry Von Thaden 2006 - Juliana Goh 2007 - Alison T. Burngasser 2008 - Capt. Joesph C. Jenkins 2009 - Melanie D. LeGoullon
	Two different awards have been given by the Association for outstanding contributions in the field of Aerospace Human Factors. The Paul T. Hansen Award was granted between 1994 and 1998. Beginning in 2000, the Hansen Award was replaced by the Henry L. Taylor Founders Award. Candidates' nominations include the following information: 1) research and publications, 2) special original contributions, (e.g., equipment, techniques, procedures), or 3) general leadership in the field, (e.g., teacher, laboratory director, office in scientific societies, etc.). Nominations are accompanied by three letters of endorsement. Nominations are due by February of each year. The recipient of the award is announced a year in advance. The recipient is then presented with a plaque and honorarium of $500 at the AsHFA annual business meeting luncheon during the year of award. The recipient then delivers a lecture during the luncheon that addresses a scientific or technical topic, provides a historical review of the recipient's area of expertise, or describes personal reflections on important events in the development of the field of aerospace human factors. Winners of the Hansen Award have been:
	1994 - Stan Roscoe 1995 - Lawrence Young 1996 - James P. Bagian 1997 - Henry L. Taylor 1998 - William E. Collins
	The University of Illinois Institute of Aviation established an Aerospace Human Factors Association endowment to fund the Henry L. Taylor Founder’s Award, for outstanding contributions in the field of aviation human factors. The Aerospace Human Factors Association will annually solicit nominations for the award. The criteria for evaluating the nominations are as follows: (1) research and publications; (2) special original contributions, e.g., equipment, techniques, and procedures; or (3) general leadership in the field, e.g., teacher, director of laboratory, officer scientific societies, etc. The Institute of Aviation will annually provide a $500.00 honorarium to the selected participant, whose name will be announced at the annual business meeting of the Aerospace Human Factors Association. Previous recipients of the Henry L. Taylor Founder’s Award were: 1999 - Chris Wickens, Ph.D. 2000 - David J. Schroeder, Ph.D. 2001 - Charles Billings, M.D. 2002 - Henry Mertens, Ph.D. 2003 - No Recipient 2004 - William F. Storm, Ph.D. 2005 - William B. Albery, Ph.D. 2006 - Glenn F. Wilson, Ph.D. 2007 - James C. Miller, Ph.D. 2008 - Stanley Mohler, M.D. 2009 - Malcolm M. Cohen, Ph.D.
	The William E. Collins Award is presented for the Outstanding Human Factors Publication of the Year for work completed during the previous calendar year. This award includes a plaque (for the first author, certicates for the coauthors) and an honorarium of $500.00. Criteria for judging the publication award include (a) scientific quality (i.e., significance of the problem addressed, innovativeness of the approach, review of related research, effectiveness of the research design and analysis, interpretation of results, and clarity of writing), (b) relevance to advancing the scientific field of human factors, and (c) utiltiy and ease of appliaction to practitioners on the field of human factors. Previous recipients of the William E. Collins Award were: 2002 - Scott Shappell and Douglas Wiegmann: Applying Reason: The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). Human Factors and Aerospace Safety, 1, 59-86. 2003 - David Neri, Raymond Oyung, Laura Colletti, Melissa Mallis, Patricia Tam, and David Dinges: Controlled Breaks as a Fatigue Countermeasure on the Flight Deck. Aviation, Space, Environmental Medicine, 73(7), 654-664. 2003 - Douglas Wiegmann: Automated Diagnostic Aids: A Study of Users' Concurrence Strategies. Human Factors, 44(1), 44-50. 2004 - Glenn F. Wilson and Chris A. Russell Operator Functional State Classifaction Using Multiple Pyschophysiological Features in an Air Traffiic Control Task. Human Factors, 45(3), 381-389. 2005 - Michel Paul, G. Gray, M. MacLellan, and R.A. Pigeau Sleep-Inducing Pharmaceuticals: A Comparison of Melatonin, Zaleplon, Zopiclone, and Temazepam. Aviation, Space, Environmental Medicine, 75(6), 512-519. 2006 - Michel Paul, M. MacLellan, and G. Gray Motion-Sickness Medications for Aircrew: Impact on Pyschomotor Performance. Aviation, Space, Environmental Medicine, 76(6), 560-565. 2007 - Mark Rosekind, K. Gregory, and M. Mallis Alertness Management in Aviation Operations: Enhancing Performance and Sleep. Aviation, Space, Environmental Medicine, 77(12), 1256-1265. 2008 - William F. Storm, D.R. Eddy, C.B. Welch, P.A. Hickey, J. Fischer, and R. Cardenas. Cognitive Performance Following Premature Awakening from Zolpidem or Melatonin Induced Daytime Sleep. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 78(1),10-20. 2009 - Jeffery K. Hovis Repeatability of the Holmes-Wright Type A lantern color vision test. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 79(11) 1028–33.
	If you wish to receive application materials for any of these awards, please contact Larry L. Bailey, Ph.D.
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