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Facebook is currently accepting proposals for research on digital privacy. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Novel interventions for digital transparency and control that are meaningful for diverse populations, context, and data types
2. Improving understanding of users’ privacy attitudes, concerns, preferences, needs, behaviors, and outcomes

The value of each award is $100,000 USD and 4-5 projects will be selected for funding.

Applicants must be full-time faculty at an academic institution. Proposals will be accepted from across the social sciences and technical disciplines, including anthropology, communications, computer science, economics, engineering, human-computer interaction, human factors, political science, social psychology, and sociology. Interdisciplinary applications are particularly welcome.

More information about the competition, including the application guidelines, can be found at the following link.

Deadlines

Internal: September 9, 2020 at 4:30pm. Contact Shelley.Brown@dal.ca

Funder: September 16, 2020 at 5pm AOE