Award amount: Up to $10,000,000 over five years

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate + Health Excellence
(CHEX) Centers award is an institutional research and training opportunity that
aims to create new lines of research connecting climate change and human
health.

Program Objectives

• Support
  institutions already moving towards excellence in climate change and health
  research
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  Foster
  interdisciplinary collaborations in basic, applied, and translational research
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  Develop
  innovative training programs for graduate and post-graduate students
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  Enhance
  public education or communication on climate and health issues

Project Requirements

• Focus on a core interest linking climate change and
  human health that reflects the strengths of the institution
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  Include interdisciplinary research activities
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  Incorporate a training grant element (up to 20% of
  budget)
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  Feature either education-focused or
  communication-focused work on Climate + Health

Evaluation Criteria

• Fit to program goals
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  Value added by BWF’s support
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  Innovation and creativity
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  Capacity to seed long-term faculty collaborations
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  Current resources in Climate + Health
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  Training plan quality
• Institutional track record in interdisciplinary
  collaboration, research training and science communication/public outreach

 Limited Submission Guidelines

Please submit a proposal as outlined in the limited
submission instructions.

Please also address the following questions in your
narrative:

• What
  is the core interest your proposal is oriented around?
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  How
  are UCR and the associated researchers uniquely situated to address this
  problem?
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  What
  will BWF support allow you to do that you could otherwise not accomplish?