UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and the University of California Disaster Resilience Network (UCDRN) are partnering with EY on its 2024 Open Science Data Challenge, focused on coastal resilience. 

A kickoff event with leading coastal resilience experts from the Office of Research, CCCR, and EY will be held on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. in the Alumni Room at the University Center on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The event will include a Q&A session. Students from throughout the UC system can also attend online and ask their questions about the challenge on Vimeo.

Registration for the 2024 challenge begins on Feb. 1.  The best ideas are eligible for cash prizes up to $10,000 and attendance at a July 2024 celebration at the 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium in Athens, Greece.

To learn more, visit challenge.ey.com/2024.