Climate + Health Excellence (CHEX) Centers

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces the Climate + Health Excellence (CHEX) Centers award, a new institutional research and training opportunity that will help institutions bridge the gaps between fields that will have important roles to play in understanding the impacts of climate change on human health and diminishing their effects. This grant will support new discovery toward defining the health impacts of climate change, developing potential interventions, translating discovery science into practical application, and outward-facing work that can help public understanding of Climate + Health or strengthen connections between research and communities whose health has been harmed by climate change. The program is meant to support institutions or consortia that have already begun to work toward taking on the problem of climate's impact on health, with the goal of helping these Centers of Excellence achieve their strategic goals by supporting activities that help build stable collaborations between people, departments, and institutions. Successful applications will bring general (non-postgraduate) education or public communication into their vision of shared common ground as a substantial element of the proposal. Institutions or Consortia supported by these awards will develop new lines of research, training, and graduate education that will both energize faculty collaboration and expand interdisciplinary research opportunities for trainees, with the training grant element not exceeding 20% of a funded center's budget.