climate change and human health seed grants

the burroughs wellcome fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. in the three years between fall 2023 and summer 2026, we will dedicate $1m to supporting small, early stage grants of $2,500–$50,000 toward achieving this goal.

we are mainly but not exclusively interested in activities that build connections between basic/early 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. also of interest is work piloting new approaches or interactions toward reducing the impact of health-centered activities, such as developing more sustainable systems for health care, care delivery, and biomedical research systems.

for more information, please contact jill sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca