Sources from : https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/
Call for Proposal by Facebook Research – Crisis Informatics Research Awards
We are pleased to invite the academic community to respond to this call for research proposals on crisis informatics and the role of social media in disaster response and recovery. Research awardees will be expected to contribute insights and innovative solutions in this space, including but not limited to:
- Methods for assessing the validity, relevance and usefulness of crisis maps or other data products for disaster preparedness, response and recovery
- Topics and themes of social media posts that transcend individual regions, languages and disaster types
- Methods for identifying disaster relief needs and conditions on the ground from social media posts and civilian reporting
- Statistical models of movement, evacuation and long-term displacement due to natural disasters
- Quantitative and qualitative insights into how humanitarian response organizations make use of social media or crisis informatics datasets for disaster preparedness, response and recovery
- Novel techniques for visualization of social media crisis data
- Case studies in the use of social media crisis data by humanitarian organizations
- Data privacy in crisis informatics and social media crisis data
- Bias and fairness in social media crisis data and its impact on disaster response
Deadline is on September 20, 2018 05:00 pm PST & Budget: USD 50,000