RTMDx Gratis

RTMDx Gratis Award Program

Simsi's partnership with the Rutgers Center on Public Security (RCPS) aims to support researchers and practitioners through access to software, training and advice on matters of spatial analysis with Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM).

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Award Overview

Awards are based on merit. Awards include online self-guided training plus ad hoc remote technical support and consultation. RTMDx software is made available to awardees for 4-months at no cost for the purpose of completing the proposed project. Students enrolled in degree-granting educational programs (e.g. high school, college or university) and working on a thesis, dissertation, or similar type of project-based scholarship may be eligible for an extended gratis period.

Award Eligibility

Applications are considered from anywhere in the world. Professional practitioners, researchers, teachers/faculty/instructors, and students are encouraged to apply. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Aims

To encourage innovative and practical applications of Risk Terrain Modeling that address contemporary issues in the public interest. And, to help promote research and professional practice using RTMDx software. Projects should be research-oriented (broadly defined).

Review Criteria

  • Applications require a brief proposal for a specific project that utilizes RTM in an appropriate and methodologically sound way.
  • Projects must have clear goals and deliverables. They should be novel or advance existing RTM work.
  • Applications are evaluated based on the Review Committee’s assessment of criteria such as: innovation, feasibility, applicability, methodology, theoretical foundation, experiential observations, professional development needs, practice/policy implications, and/or sustainability. No specific weight is given to any one area.
  • Proposals are evaluated based on needs of the applicant and overall merit of all aspects of the application.

Conditions

Awards are made to individuals (or small teams of individuals working together), not agencies or institutions. Recipients cannot use the award or its related resources for commercial interests or direct personal financial gain. Final deliverables must be able to be made publicly available. Recipients are expected to acknowledge resources and assistance provided by the award in any publications, presentations, visual/video/audio works, or other products resulting from the project. Awards require someone at Simsi or RCPS to agree to serve as the awardees' point-of-contact and “mentor” for professional support and consultation. Simsi or the RCPS may limit the number of awards at any time for any reason without notice.

Application Form

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. RECOMMENDED: Draft your responses to the form fields elsewhere, offline. Then copy and past into this form when you're ready to submit a complete application.

Gratis Form
Name
Name
First
Last
Preferred Mailing Address
Preferred Mailing Address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal
Are you completing this project as an INDIVIDUAL or a GROUP?
If an INDIVIDUAL, are you currently a student enrolled in a degree-granting program and want to be considered for an extended 12-month gratis period (proof of student status will be required)?

Maximum file size: 16.78MB

Is data currently available for your project?
Do you intend to publicly share the results of your project in a written, verbal, visual, video or audio form?