NSF Awards $12.5 Million to the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology for Improving Urban Crisis Response.

(From AScribe)

IRVINE, Calif. -- The National Science Foundation today announced it will award $9 million to University of California, Irvine, and $3.5 million to University of California, San Diego, to address how information technology can revolutionize response to crises, including natural disasters. The five-year project, called "Responding to the Unexpected," will develop innovative information sharing tools and organizational strategies for first responders, and will be managed by Cal-(IT)2, a two-campus science and innovation institute created in 2000. Cal-(IT)2 provided the seed money for the project.

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