Facebook Research: Crisis Informatics

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

Funding: $50,000 USD

https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/crisis-informatics-request-for-proposals/