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Opportunity Information: Apply for PD 15 1638

The Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE) program is designed to promote in-depth, multidisciplinary research on how various hazards and extreme events affect civil infrastructure and society. It emphasizes mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery from multi-hazard disasters, with a strong focus on enhancing community resilience and sustainability.

Researchers can explore diverse topics within the four core areas:

1. **Mitigation**: This may include assessing the effectiveness of different mitigation strategies, building local capacity for risk reduction, and analyzing vulnerabilities. 2. **Preparedness**: Studies might focus on risk communication, evacuation procedures, emergency planning, and how effectively pre-disaster preparations are implemented.

3. **Response**: Research can cover topics like the interdependencies among infrastructures, innovative emergency management practices, and the role of technology and social media during crises.

4. **Recovery**: This can involve connecting disaster recovery strategies to future mitigation efforts, developing metrics for resilience, and studying the social and economic factors that affect community recovery.

The IMEE program does not support research related to the routine operation of infrastructure systems or basic studies unrelated to hazards or disasters. For such topics, researchers should refer to specific programs like Civil Infrastructure Systems, Structural Architectural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Materials, or Engineering for Natural Hazards.

• The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.041 Engineering Grants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2015 and posted on Mar 13, 2015.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 15, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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