Transborder Emergency Preparedness Grant

The Transborder Disaster Management Group receives a CAD$ 12,000 (approximately US$ 11,790) research grant under the North American Research Linkages Program. Funding opportunities are available for students interested in transboundary crsisi management and emergency preparedness research.

Dr. Levy is the grant PI. He serves as an Assistant professor of Disaster Reducation and Emergency Preparedness at Western Washington University in affiliation with the Insitute for Global and Community Resilience. Dr. Gal-Or, Director,
Institute for Transborder Studies is a co-applicant and principal partner for the Canadian part of the research. She has worked extensively on developing academic and professional relationships in Canadian-US-Mexican borderlands.

To achieve a strengthened North American partnership, the funded proposal encourages trilateral disaster management cooperation through increased institutional and research partnerships and mobility. Greater cooperation and dialogue between the United States, Mexico and Canada, particularly at the academic level, enhances the economic and social benefits that accrue from disaster management investments, and contributes to enhanced disaster response capabilities across our borders.