Wellcome Trust, GB: Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible

04/01/2024

13/04/2024

This scheme will fund transdisciplinary teams to deliver short-term, high-impact projects, combining evidence generation with communications and/or public engagement. The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change visible across a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes in order to drive urgent climate policy and practice change at scale. Funding for research that serves the expressed needs of at-risk populations and communities with high exposure and vulnerabilities to the health impacts of climate change will be prioritised. In this context, vulnerability may result from the intersection of factors such as geography, socio-economic status, demography, gender, race, ability, ethnicity, co-morbidities and occupation. Funding is worth up to £2.5 million. (Forecasted date for next year's call).

Climate Change & Global Warming; Epidemiology

Eligibility Note You can apply for this award if you are a team leader who wants to advance transdisciplinary research on the impacts of climate change on health. You will be expected to: have prior experience of research engaging with policy/practitioners/implementation partners have knowledge brokering competencies such as the ability to act as a bridge between research teams and impacted communities actively promote a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment within your team and across your organisation. Your research team can include researchers from any discipline (natural, physical and social sciences as well as technology) but must be transdisciplinary, and include expertise in public engagement and communications.