Quick Response Research Award Program
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
Small awards for social science teams to collect perishable data in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Awardees write a five-page proposal, do fieldwork, and deliver a roughly twenty-page report with findings and actionable recommendations.
- Indicative award
- up to $5k (total award)Page states awards of up to $5,000 each. No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Proposals accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted; the report is due within six months of award activation. The programme page previously showed a pause through July 1, 2026 and now states it is accepting proposals — confirm current status with the award administrators before writing.
- Who can apply
- Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Lead researcher must be at an academic institution based in a U.S. state, territory, or tribal nation; co-leads and collaborators may be based anywhere. The triggering event must have occurred within six months of submission. Students and emerging researchers are encouraged.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- disaster research · perishable data · field data collection · extreme events
- Apply at
- https://hazards.colorado.edu/research/quick-response-program/overview
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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