“The new CRESCENT and SCEC awards provide regional-scale platforms for scientists to advance frontier research on earthquake processes and enable partnerships to translate that research to improved public safety. CRESCENT and SCEC will also support major workforce development activities to train a broad and inclusive cross section of students and early-career scientists,” — Maggie Benoit, a program director in the Division of Earth Sciences. 

Read the NSF press release here.

Coverage from participating colleges:

• University of Oregon
• Oregon State University
• Virginia Tech
• Washington State University
• Portland State University
• Cal Poly Humbolt
• University of Washington