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Big Data for Resilience: realising the benefits for developing countries - Scoping exercise call

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The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are pleased to invite applications for a scoping exercise on Big Data for Resilience: realising the benefits for developing countries.

This scoping exercise is part of the new Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) programme. The programme aims to enable greater and more effective investment in disaster resilience and earlier action to respond to natural hazards by providing decision makers with improved risk mapping and analyses, event monitoring and more reliable warning systems.

This call aims to explore the potential of big data to support disaster and climate resilience in developing countries. We expect applications covering a wide range of issues - from risk reduction, hazard prediction, prevention and preparedness, to response, recovery and reconstruction. The ambition is to explore the scientific, policy and implementation challenges, risks and opportunities with the goal of identifying a roadmap for future research and policy dialogue.

Applications can be made for up to £2,500 for case studies, reviews, policy analyses or small prototype projects under £10,000. Projects must be completed within two months of the start of the grant.

bdfr_scoping@esrc.ac.uk by 16.00 GMT on 2 March 2015.

Eligibility
  • Researchers may be based in either UK or non-UK organisations.
  • ESRC, NERC and DFID welcome applications from researchers, normally located in a higher education (HE) institute.
  • Researchers, advisors and analysts in non-HE organisations, for example from government departments, the private sector or from the civil society sector, are also invited to apply.
  • Applications from teams rather than individuals are also welcome.
Further information

Any questions on the Big data for Resilience - Scoping exercise specification or application process should be directed to bdfr_scoping@esrc.ac.uk. 

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