Continued Support for the Committee on Human Factors

人为因素委员会是美国国家科学院国家研究委员会的一部分。我们的使命是在理论和方法问题上发展新的视角，并为将人为因素的科学基础和应用扩展到政府机构和其他感兴趣组织的项目所需的研究提供指导。这笔资金是美国国家科学基金会对这项工作的贡献，它还得到了其他几个机构的资助。在目前的供资下，人为因素委员会将编写若干报告，包括一份关于虚拟环境科学和技术领域的国家需要的报告。

The Committee on Human Factors is constituted as part of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The mission is to develop new perspectives on theoretical and methodological issues and to provide guidance on research needed to expand the scientific basis and application of human factors to the programs of government agencies and other interested organizations. This funding is the NSF contribution toward this effort which is also funded by several other agencies. Under the present funding the Committee on Human Factors will develop several reports including one on the topic of national needs in the area of virtual environment science and technology.