The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde |forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Opportunity: Climate and Human Health Interdisciplinary Awards
LOI Due: August 31, 2023
Overview
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Award provides support for collaborative exploratory work that opens new ground for comprehensively assessing or mitigating the impacts of climate change on human health. This program will support both individual scientists and multi-investigator teams. Early career faculty and postdoctoral fellows nearing their transition to independence are especially encouraged to apply, whether individually or within teams.
The full RFP can be found here.
Examples of projects might include but are not limited to the following:
- The role of climate change in exacerbating vector borne-, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Using “big data” to predictively model aspects of health impacted by climate change
- Engineering or architectural approaches to alleviating climate related health risks
- Developing new research tools at the interface of health and climate-informed disciplines
Award Amount & Terms
- Awards will be for a total of $375,000 to be distributed over 3 years.
- Indirect costs cannot be charged on BWF grants.
Timeline
- Letter of Intent due August 31, 2023, by 12:00pm PT
- Invitation to submit full proposal September 15, 2023
- Full proposal due November 1, 2023, by 12:00pm PT
- Notice of award February 28, 2024
- Award start date April 1, 2024
- Award end date March 31, 2027
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). For support developing your LOI, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Relations. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations and corporations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits.
For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding