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 Change and Human Health
Funding: $2,500 – $50,000
Next Deadline: January 12, 2023. Proposals are quarterly.
Overview
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. The full request for proposals can be found here.
BWF is interested in:
connections between biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields including epidemiology and public health, demography, economics, and urban planning;
- work that is piloting new approaches or new interactions toward reducing the impact of health-centered activities;
- research into the impacts of extreme weather and other crises that can drive large scale disruptions that will immediately impact human health and delivery of health care;
- public outreach, climate communication, and education efforts focused on the intersection of climate and health.
This call focuses on developing partnerships. Proposals from single institutions must develop partnerships that do not already occur naturally. Proposals should include the rationale/vision for the project, including who it is intended to impact.
Please see a list of FAQs here.
Award Amount & Terms
- Small, early-stage grants of $2,500 – $50,000.
- Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through August 30, 2023. Reviews will be conducted quarterly.
- Indirect costs cannot be charged on BWF grants.
Salaries of support personnel and materials appropriate to administering the work should be included as direct costs. Reasonable and justified consultant costs may be included in the budget. Benefits are direct costs.
Timeline
January 12, 2023 4:00pm ET: Application deadline for the current quarterly review.
Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through August 30, 2023.
Special Instructions:
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu. Within the Division of Social Sciences, please contact Ashlee Tews (ashleeac@ucsc.edu) to initiate notification and proposal support.
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