Expressions of Interest are sought from research providers to deliver a project exploring a new process for a multi-hazard community-based risk assessment.
This new project, Community risk assessment, is a core project and is nationally funded. It will be conducted over three phases. This EOI covers phase one only and will be conducted over an eight month period. Expressions of Interest closed on 9 September 2022. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 16 September.
Phase one of this research (this EOI) will review current risk assessment processes, challenges and needs across the emergency services sector, including insights from other relevant sectors such as defence. This will include an exploration of technological innovation and availability of new data types and sources. The outcomes from phase one will be utilised for the development of a new multi-hazard risk assessment process for the New South Wales State Emergency Service (phase two). The successful research team for phase one will be considered for additional work packages linked to phases two and three, subject to the skills required.
Frequently asked questions
Q) Is there a preference for a project team to be from a single research organisation, or from across multiple organisations?
A) The Centre has no preference for either a single organisation or a multi-organisation project team. EOIs will be accepted from either and will be evaluated against the evaluation criteria in the same way.
Q) Can the proposed project team include researchers from government agencies (i.e., CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology) or research consultancies, as well as university-based researchers?
A) EOIs will be accepted from multi-organisation project teams, and project teams can include researchers at government agencies and research consultancies. The proposed project team's capacity to undertake the project will be evaluated in the same way whether researchers are university-, consultancy- or agency-based.
Q) Would academic salaries (excluding administrative overheads) be eligible to budget?
A) Yes, academic salaries can be included within the project budget, but only when they are direct project costs and their salary is not already covered elsewhere. E.g. the salary costs of a contract researcher who is actively working on the project can be included up to the FTE component they are contributing. However, the salary costs of a tenured academic who is already paid through the university/research organisation would be included as an in-kind contribution up to the amount of their FTE contribution to the project.
Further information about upcoming research projects
Further EOIs will open in coming months for a range of different research projects.