The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team  (EEFIT) announces that the RESEARCH GRANT is open. Supporting short-term projects that will benefit earthquake (and related hazards) disaster mitigation and post-disaster reconnaissance efforts, up to TWO AWARDS of £1,500.

 

• Hazard assessment

• Post-disaster impact assessment

• Field data collection tools

• Post-disaster data assessment methods

• Damage assessment techniques

• Mitigation measures

• Monitoring recovery and/or reconstruction

• Assessing resilience

Projects on hazards related to earthquakes can also be funded under this scheme.

Applicants are welcomed from any country or organisation.

Applications

• Your application should be submitted by the project lead

• If you are an undergraduate, graduate or PhD student it should be submitted by your academic supervisor

• Projects featuring multiple students are allowed

• Each project should be submitted as a separate application. A single application featuring multiple projects will be disqualified and featured projects may be refused resubmission

Conditions of the grant

Grants will be issued in two instalments of £750: the first immediately and the second on receipt of a project report of appropriate quality. If you need a larger first instalment you can apply for an adjusted arrangement.

Applicants must either be a current EEFIT member or join EEFIT  (with a subscription of £15 (if an IStructE or SECED member) or £20 (all others) to apply). All applications will be reviewed by the EEFIT Management Committee and results will be announced by 8 August 2022.

 

Apply at:  https://www.istructe.org/.../apply.../eefit-research-grants/

 

The deadline for applications is: 17:00 on Friday 15 July 2022