Community Resilience
This grant funds research to create science-based tools for assessing and improving community resilience by modeling physical, social, and economic systems.
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NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $82,764/year with $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Supports postdoctoral research to develop science-based tools for assessing and improving community resilience through multidisciplinary modeling of physical, social, and economic systems.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens holding a doctoral degree; requires contacting a Research Adviser prior to application; NIST participates only in February and August review cycles.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the NRC Research Associateship Programs focuses on advancing community resilience. The goal is to develop science-based tools, including metrics, models, and decision support methodologies, that enable assessment and improvement of resilience in communities of all sizes. Research aims to address life safety, building and infrastructure functionality during and after hazard events, and the time and costs associated with restoring system services.
The research approach is systems-based and interdisciplinary, involving:
- Identification of performance and recovery goals based on community roles and supported social/economic functions.
- Assessment of system performance, damage, and loss of functionality post-hazard.
- Characterization of dependencies among physical, social, and economic systems.
- Determination of recovery durations and their community impacts.
Expertise is sought in engineering disciplines (civil, industrial, operations research, computer science) and social sciences (sociology, human geography, decision science). Research topics include community-scale hazard modeling, infrastructure functionality and recovery, social needs analysis, decision-making methodologies considering short- and long-term impacts, evaluation of alternatives aligned with community goals, and interdisciplinary modeling, data visualization, and software development.
