Grantor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Award Number: 1826939 & 1827024
Grant Program: International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)
Grant Title: Collaborative Research: US-Indonesian Research Experience for Students on Sustainable Adaptation of Coastal Areas to Environmental Change
Start Date: 01 October 2018
End Date: 30 September 2021
PIs: Magaly Koch (BU); Sucharita Gopal (BU); Elena Naumova (Tufts)
Collaborators: University of Diponegoro (UNDIP), Semarang, Indonesia
This is a collaborative three year IRES project for 18 US students to gain international research experience in earth, life and data sciences as applied to the coastal region of Northern Central Java, Indonesia. The collaborative activities will be performed in partnership between Boston University (BU), Tufts University (TU) and the University of Diponegoro (UNDIP), Semarang, Indonesia. This project seeks to undertake effective, innovative, and transformative research to understand how coastal environments respond to natural and anthropogenic factors. Geospatial technology combined with big data analytics will be applied to assessing and monitoring the effects of coastal hazards with the goal to enable the sustainable adaptation of coastal areas to global environmental change.
