AWARDS 1. MAYNARD COE AWARD The Maynard Coe award recognizes the important role played by Maynard Coe in the early years of the organization. Coe served as director of the Farm Division of the National Safety Council for 20 years, and in that capacity he enlisted the help of dedicated people in universities, farm organizations and agricultural industry establishing farm safety as a recognized profession. From the beginning he was an inspiration to farm safety specialists and educators, giving them advice and encouragement. Later, when numbers increased, he urged them to form their own professional organization. To encourage high levels of professionalism among farm safety leaders, Coe assisted the directors of NIFS in establishing an award for professional achievement in farm safety. The award consists of a plaque and certificate and is to be known as the Maynard Coe award for professional achievement in farm safety. Nominations and final decisions as to awardees are to be administered by the NIFS Professional Improvement committee. Nominations for the award are to be solicited from the membership annually (at least 3 months in advance of the annual meeting). Persons making nominations to the committee should provide necessary background information or support materials. 2. NIFS PRESIDENT'S AWARD This award is to be made at the discretion of the NIFS President. No special criteria or nomination procedure is set forth. The award is to consist of a plaque and certificate and may be made to members or nonmembers for service provided to the organization. There is no limit on the number of awards that may be made annually. 3. FARM SAFETY AWARDS The purpose of these awards is to recognize exemplary contributions to agricultural safety and health work and to establish broader public recognition of agricultural safety and health priorities and activities of NIFS. They should be made annually. These non-monetary awards consist of a plaque and certificate. There is no limit on how many may be awarded in any given year. They may be made to members or nonmembers. Award nominations shall be requested on a broad public basis and considered annually. Administration of these awards shall be the responsibility if the Research Development committee. Two separate awards in the areas of research and development shall be considered for nominated activities addressing stated NIFS agricultural safety and health priorities. Nominations for the awards are to be solicited from the membership annually (at least 3 months in advance of the annual meeting). Persons making nominations to the committee should provide necessary background information or support materials. A. NIFS RESEARCH AWARDS The purpose of these awards is to recognize and publicize innovative work in agricultural health and safety that results in improved injury and illness prevention in agricultural workplaces While awards are not judged or made on a competitive basis, criteria are applied to the selection process as described. These awards are made in recognition of research activity contributing to improved prevention practice. Criteria include: 1. Publication of research results 2. Scientific merit of research methods 3. Results clearly demonstrate or suggest improvements in field prevention practice. B. PREVENTION AWARDS These awards are made in recognition of education/intervention activity demonstrating either new or more effective approaches to agricultural injury or illness prevention or documenting new levels of prevention efficacy for such programs. Criteria include: 1. Written evidence of program implementation and results 2. Clarity of prevention goals 3. Use of evaluation methods 4. Approach innovativeness and transferability 5. Evidence of improved prevention outcomes among target audience.   Nominations: Nominations may be made to the chair of the NIFS research and development committee at any time, but must be received no later than December 1 of the academic year to be considered (ie: December 1 of the calendar year prior to the coming June NIFS meeting). Nomination forms are available online at the NIFS Web site. Nominations must include: 1. Name, title, and address of nominators(s) 2. Name, title, and address of nominee(s) 3. Summary of reasons for which award is recommended (not to exceed 500 words) 4. Supporting materials as follow: Research - a copy of at least one published paper by the nominees(s) that reports results of the research work to be recognized, and evidence of its utility or potential utility for improving field prevention practice. Prevention - a copy of at least one published paper or official report that describes both the field prevention program and provides evidence of preventive impact on an agricultural target population beyond that expected of traditional efforts. Please forward nominations and supporting materials to: Charles Schwab Ag. & Biosystems Engineering Dept. Iowa State University 220 Industrial Education II Ames, IA 50011-3130 cvschwab@iastate.edu

RECIPIENTS: Research Awardees Year 2005-2006 Alavanja, M.C.R., Samanic, C., Dosemeci, M., Lubin, J., Tarone, R., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J.A., Barker, J., Coble, J. Sandler, D.P., Blair, A. Use of agricultural pesticides and prostate cancer risk in the agricultural health study cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology 157 (9): 800-814. Blair, A., Sandler, D., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J.A., Kamel, F., Coble, J., Lee, W.J., Rusiecki, J., Knott, C., Dosemeci, M., Lynch, C.F., Lubin, J., Alavanja, M. Disease and injury among participants in the agricultural health study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2005: 11 (2): 141-150. Stal, M., Hansson, G.A., Kolstrup, C. Highly repetitive work operations in a modern milking system. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 10 (1): 67-72 2003.  Research Awardees Year 2004-2005 Hartling, L., Brison, R., Crumley, E., Klassen, T., Pickett, W. A systematic review of interventions to prevent childhood farm injuries. Pediatrics 2004; 114(4):e483-e496. Rasmussen, K., Carstensen, O., Lauritsen, J., Glasscock, D., Hansen, O., Jensen, U.  Prevention of farm injuries in Denmark. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 2003; 29(4):288-296. Stallones, L., Beseler, C. Farm practices and farm injuries in Colorado. Injury Prevention  2003;9:241-244. Contributions to Progress in Farm Safety Award Myers, J. National surveillance of occupational fatalities in agriculture.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 18(2):163-8, 1990. UI: 2169704 Nordstrom, D., Layde, P., Olson, K., Stueland, D., Follen, M., Brand, L. Fall-related occupational injuries on farms.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 1996; 29:509-515. Research Awardees Year 2003-2004 Fenske RA, Birnbau FC, Methner MM, Lu C., Nigg N. Fluorescent tracer evaluation of chemical protective clothing during pesticide applications in Central Florida citrus groves. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2002 . V8(3): 319-331. Meyers ML, and Pana-Cryan R. Prevention effectiveness of rollover protective structures - Parts I-III. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2000. V6(1):29-70. Walker-Bone K, and Palmer KT. Musculoskeletal disorders in farmers and farmworkers. Occupational Medicine (Great Britain) 2002. V52(8):441-450 2002-2003 Research Awardees Adarsh Kumar, Dinesh Mohan, Rajesh Patel, and Mathew Varghese. Development of Grain Threshers Based on Ergonomic Design Criteria. Applied Ergonomics 2002;33:503-508. James Meyers, John Miles, Julia Faucett, Ira Janowitz, Diana Tejeda, Ed Weber, Rhonda Smith, and Linda Garcia. Priority Risk Factors for Back Injury in Agricultural Field Work. Journal of Agromedicine 2001. V8(1):37-52. President's Award for Historical Research Contribution Howard Doss and Richard Pfister. Analysis of use of tractors and machinery: Michigan and Ohio 1971. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1974. 2001-2002 Research Awardees Douglas Landsittel, Dennis Murphy, Nancy Kiernan, David Hard, and Cathy Kassab. Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational interventions in the Pennsylvania central region farm safety pilot project. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2001;40:145-152. Peter Lundqvist. Evaluation of improvements in working conditions on farms funded by the Swedish Working Life Fund. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 1996;2(4):191-196. Lisa DeRoo, Risto Rautiainen. A systematic review of farm safety interventions. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2000;18(4S):51-62. William Pickett, Robert J Brison, L Hartling, H Dimich-Ward, JR Guernsey, L Hagel , DC Voaklander. Surveillance of hospitalized farm injuries in Canada . Injury Prevention 2001;7:123-128.