Capabilites
Human-Centered Design is Everywhere
Human-Centered Design application knows no bounds. We work directly with our clients across numerous industries to provide exceptional Human-Centered Design consulting. From providing FDA human factors regulatory guidance to providing critical insights to the next-generation spaceflight hardware to enable human exploration beyond our world, we do it all. Whatever the industry, Sophic Synergistics is your Trusted Partner to help you deliver the best solutions to humans everywhere.
Human Factors Services
Human Factors is an established, scientific discipline whose principles focus on optimizing design by offering an integrated, data-driven approach to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and usability.
Services include:
- Research Strategy Consulting
- Gap Analysis
- Project Planning & Management
- User Testing
- Design Development
- Requirements Derivation & Interpretation
- User Experience Research
- Requirements & Verification & Validation
- Human Error Analyses
- Risk Assessment
- Contextual Inquiry
- Focus Groups
- Formative & Summative Testing
- Benchmarking
Human Systems Integration (HSI)
We have extensive experience providing Human Systems Integration (HSI) support through establishing, implementing, and executing HSI at the programmatic level to achieve an integrated approach to Human-Centered Design methodologies that are focused on incorporation and consideration of the human throughout the program or project.
Services include:
- Program-level foundational HSI development and implementation
- Data Requirements Description (DRD) Document development:
- HSI Plan
- HSI Processes
- Human Error Analysis Plan
- Human Error Report
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Mitigation
- Requirement Review, Development, Allocation, Decomposition
- Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) testing
- Human Error Analyses
Applied Health & Performance Services
The Applied Health and Performance Division at Sophic Synergistics empowers innovative organizations to secure non-dilutive federal funding and optimize operational performance through tailored, expert-driven solutions. Our comprehensive services are designed to guide clients through the complex landscape of federal grants, align their innovations with agency priorities, and enhance mission-critical capabilities. From strategic agency mapping to cutting-edge R&D partnerships and operational health programs, we provide the tools and expertise to drive success.
Below are the key services we offer to support your funding and performance goals:
- Best Fit Agency Mapping
- In this 60-minute meeting, your company will gain strategic clarity on which federal agencies and programs are best aligned with your innovation, setting a smart and focused pathway for your non-dilutive funding journey.
- Grant Proposal & Consultation Support
- Strategic support to shape, draft, and refine competitive federal funding proposals, helping clients align with agency priorities and submission protocols.
- Rapid Grant Proposal Review
- A fast, expert-driven review of federal grant proposals/project pitches before submission, designed to catch red flags, ensure alignment with targeted agency, and increase funding odds.
- SBIR/STTR R&D Partnership
- Collaborative R&D services to enhance medical readiness and health-related capabilities through advanced science and technology DoD funding initiatives including Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR).
- Operational Health & Readiness Optimization
- OHRO is a collaborative, data-driven performance program developed by Sophic Synergistics in partnership with the National Foundation for Integrative Medicine (NFIM). It equips public safety organizations with advanced physiological monitoring, recovery science, and stress mitigation strategies to enhance the readiness, resilience, and safety of their frontline personnel.
Human Factors Expert Witness
- Forensic Human Factors
- Workplace Safety
- Negligence
- Driving Distractions
- Product Liability
- Caution Labels
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- And More!
Government Grant Assistance
We aim to help small businesses with big ideas secure funding by breaking down complex application processes into a simple step-by-step guide, while also sharing the best methods and techniques for obtaining patents.
Topics covered:
- Proposal Development
- Step-by-step guidance for writing clear and competitive pre-proposals and full proposals.
- Opportunity Discovery
- How to find and interpret solicitations that align with your technology goals.
- Understanding the Funding Landscape
- Overview of key federal funding agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD)
- Agency-Specific Strategies
- Understand how to navigate submission requirements, review protocols, and address common proposal challenges for DoD, Defense Health Agency (DHA), Defense Advance Research Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and more federal agencies.
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