NSF RAPID Awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grants are utilized when there is a severe urgency with regard to availability of or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and other similar unanticipated events. This page includes a list of recent NSF RAPIDS Awards from the Human, Disasters, and the Build Environment (HDBE) program.

2019

Erica Fischer, Oregon State University (PI)
Sara Hamideh (Co-PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Data Collection on Wildfire Urban Interface (WUI) for Schools and Hospitals Following the 2018 California Camp Fire (NSF Award #1917298)

David Hala, Texas A&M University (PI)
Antonietta Quigg, Karl Kaiser, and Ashley Ross (Co-PIs)
RAPID: Evaluating the Role of Pollution Monitoring on Improving Coastal Community Social Well-Being Following a Petrochemical Fire and Spills into Galveston Bay (NSF Award #1936174)

Sara Hamideh, Iowa State University (PI)
Jon Wolseth (Co-PI)
RAPID: Impacts, Disruption, and Displacement After Low Attention Disasters: Experiences of Non-owner and Immigrant Households (NSF Award #1911262)

Hussam Mahmoud, Colorado State University (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Data Collection on Wildfire Urban Interface (WUI) for Schools and Hospitals Following the 2018 California Camp Fire (NSF Award #1917316)

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2018

Timothy Collins, University of Utah (PI)
RAPID: Trajectories of Social Vulnerability among Houston Area Households: A Pre- and Post-event Study of Hurricane Harvey (NSF Award #1841654)

Lauren Davis, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (PI)
Steven Jiang and Tobin Walto (Co-PIs)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Capacity Adjustment, Resilience and Information Sharing in a Network for Good (CARING) (NSF Award #1901764)

Devon Eulie, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (PI)
Huili Hao and Rachel Gittman (Co-PIs)
RAPID: Evaluation of the Resilience of Shoreline Protection Methods to Hurricane Florence (NSF Award #1901746)

Shih-Kai Huang, Jacksonville State University (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Households Immediate Response During a Night Time Earthquake (NSF Award #1833084)

Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University (PI)
Min Chi and Sarah Desmarais (Co-PIs)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Capacity Adjustment, Resilience and Information Sharing in a Network for Good (CARING) (NSF Award #1901694)

Jamie Kruse, East Carolina University (PI)
Gregory Howard (Co-PI)
RAPID: Effect of Hurricane Florence on Homeowner Willingness to Engage in Flood Risk Mitigation and Buyout Contracts (NSF Award #1856256)

Emmett Lodree, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Defining a Performance Measurement Framework for Spontaneous Volunteer Management Systems in Post-Disaster Relief (NSF Award #1901710

Maria Mayorga, North Carolina State University (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Defining a Performance Measurement Framework for Spontaneous Volunteer Management Systems in Post-Disaster Relief (NSF Award #1901699)

Dhiraj Murthy, University of Texas at Austin (PI)
Patricia Clayton (Co-PI)
RAPID: Rural Loss Estimates of Hurricane Florence Enabled by Citizen Scientists (NSF Award #1902460)

Lucia Velotti, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Defining a Performance Measurement Framework for Spontaneous Volunteer Management Systems in Post-Disaster Relief (NSF Award #1901700)

Haizhong Wang, Oregon State University (PI)
Michael Lindell (Co-PI)
RAPID: Local Residents' Responses to the 2018 Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami (NSF Award #1902888)

Hao-Che Wu, Oklahoma State University (PI)
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Households Immediate Response During a Night Time Earthquake (NSF Award #1833076)

Elyse Zavar, University of North Texas (PI)
Sherri Binder and Alex Greer (Co-PIs)
RAPID: Exploring the Design and Implementation of Buyout Programs in Post-Disaster Settings (NSF Award #1844351)