Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
Awards will be for a total of $375K USD.
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.
Eligibility Criteria
The CHI program uses a three stage application process that begins with a brief pre-proposal. After BWF staff review, a fraction of those submitting pre-proposals will be invited to submit full proposals. Selection will be based on the potential of the proposed project to establish sustainable collaborations that will find new ways to cope with, mitigate, or change the human health impacts of temperature change, ecological changes, or population changes associated with shifts in climate.
A scientific advisory committee with members drawn from multiple interdisciplinary fields will review full proposals.
After review of full proposals, a group of finalists will be chosen. Finalists will be invited to describe their work in an interview with the committee, after which the committee will make recommendations for funding. Up to three awards will be made annually. See Key Dates on Page 3 for important grant deadline dates. BWF does not provide critiques of unfunded proposals.
Selection criteria include:
Significance
Feasibility
Innovation and scientific risk
Potential impact if successful
Background and accomplishments of the investigator or investigators proposing the research
Strength of the collaborative plan n Institutional environment and institutional commitment
Relevance to program goals
Evaluation plan
Postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty applicants should demonstrate that they are in an environment that appreciates the challenges of interdisciplinary work and the extra effort required to build relationships across multiple fields, as documented by a letter of support submitted by each institution.
Applications may be submitted by teams or individuals. Teams must designate one member as a representative who will speak should the proposal make it to the program’s final interview stage.
Proposals must be submitted by a single US or Canadian institution, which will serve as the sole payee. Proposed teams may include researchers from beyond the US and Canada, including those from Low- and Middle-income countries (LMICs). BWF values diversity, equity, and inclusion both in researchers and in the places research is conducted. We encourage proposals from minority serving institutions and from small, medium, or large organizations in rural, urban, or other settings. Award recipients will be expected to participate in BWF network development activities and interdisciplinary research career development activities associated with this award.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
VPRI Resource Contact: Heloise Emdon
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | August 24, 2023 |
| Submission to Sponsor | August 31, 2023 (LoI)
Important: The Signing Official indicated below MUST electronically sign the application prior to submission. The system will not allow the application to be submitted without the signature. The signing official will receive an email when the email is added below. BWF encourages the applicant to reach out to the signing official well ahead of the deadline to inform them of the steps that need to be completed. Late applications will not be accepted due to missing signatures. Instructions for the Signing Official may be found on the BWF website. November 1, 2023 (Full Application) |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE