This $150,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research at Texas A&M University examining decision-making around evolving coastal flood risks. The grantee will develop an integrated framework combining risk modeling, economic sorting models, and social behavior models to understand how residential location choices are impacted by changing flood conditions and flood control infrastructure investments. This will quantify changes in...
This $400,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The grant supports a 3-year research project that examines the impacts of natural disasters on community resilience and spatial disparities. The project has three key components: 1) analyzing disruptions to resident mobility patterns using mobile phone data, 2) investigating spatial variation in requests for government assistance, and 3)...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $503,918 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to Princeton University for the period of April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant supports collaborative research among Princeton University, Rutgers University, and Texas A&M University to study responses to complex disruptive events from a cognitive and socio-political context. Under the award, the researchers will conduct household surveys,...
This $284,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a research project to assess the adaptability of resilience models for hazards such as hurricanes and wildfires across multiple scales. The project employs a mixed-method, multi-site approach including public conferences, hazard mapping, risk perception surveys, and resilience planning workshops to understand how communities can...
The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded Rice University a $518,668 project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The three-year grant, awarded September 15, 2021 and concluding August 31, 2024, will support collaborative research on urban flooding and residential adaptation in Houston, Texas. The funding will enable Rice University researchers to partner with local organizations and residents to study how...
The University of Houston was awarded a $299,504 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will support research from September 2021 through August 2023 to study community perceptions of flood mitigation strategies in Houston, Texas. As part of CFDA 47.075's goals of strengthening basic research in social sciences and monitoring science resources,...
This Project Grant award for $738,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a study examining how land management practices after government-funded property buyouts can integrate ecosystem services and community preferences to improve ecological and societal outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Conducting field research to document current land uses, estimate ecosystem...
This $323,520 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a longitudinal study on post-disaster population movement and resettlement. The principal investigator will interview a sample of 54 movers, including return movers, who relocated after hurricanes in 2017 to examine how demographic characteristics, destination place factors, and social integration processes shape long-term settlement decisions. The study...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (47.041) Project Grant of $396,200 was awarded to The University of Texas at Arlington on November 1, 2021 to support research through October 31, 2023. The grant aims to leverage crowdsourced data to assess spatiotemporal patterns of resilience in diverse Gulf Coast communities impacted by natural hazards. Products and services will include analysis of how crowdsourced data can measure community resilience following disasters. A sub-award of...
The National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $298,982 Project Grant to Texas A&M University on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2023. The grant supports the EAGER project "SYNCHRONIZING DECISION-SUPPORT VIA HUMAN- AND SOCIAL-CENTERED DIGITAL TWIN INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES" under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will fund the development of digital twin...