The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA #47.075) program awarded Northwestern University a $100,000 Project Grant to plan for the creation of an interdisciplinary center that would study the social and behavioral aspects of climate change. The planning will involve meetings of experts from disciplines including psychology, sociology, and environmental science to explore how people receive, process, and respond to information about climate change....
This $499,942 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal communities in an urban environment. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award (August 2024 - July 2027) include: Analysis of the alignment between water infrastructure, policies, and practices with emerging climate and environmental challenges such as...
This $394,768 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to strengthen the adaptability and resilience of underserved communities to climate uncertainty through interdisciplinary research and training. The key activities include: Training minority students from underserved regions on climate change adaptation and resilience, equipping them with skills to address environmental challenges and serve the future workforce....
This $138,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will support research examining discursive strategies of climate justice organizing. The two-year award beginning in September 2021 will fund a study of how grassroots climate organizations communicate with the public about climate change and environmental justice. As part of its mission to strengthen the nation through basic research in social sciences, the NSF...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $399,934 to the Trustees of Boston University will examine climate action, financing, and justice issues in small and midsize cities in the United States. The funded project will survey 250 small and midsize cities to understand their climate action policies and programs, how they are funding these efforts, and how concerns about equity and justice factor into climate policymaking. The project will also conduct in-depth case...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under CFDA 47.075 (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). This planning project aims to develop the "Center for Climate Leadership and AI-Driven Integrity and Mitigation", which will investigate the societal, regulatory, and governance implications of private sector climate commitments in the realm of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). The...
This $301,719 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund research to develop flexible regression methods that can better measure the economic impacts of climate change. The research will focus on improving statistical techniques to accurately capture the effects of extreme temperature exposure on economic outcomes, which is critical for informing effective climate policy. The work will include...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant awarded to Louisiana State University (LSU) provides $275,000 in funding from August 2024 through July 2029. The project aims to investigate the iterative interrelations between public policies, resident perceptions/actions, and sociodemographic changes in the context of climate change-attributed extreme weather events. Key research activities include developing a conceptual framework to understand these...
This $135,798 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program funds collaborative research to develop flexible regression methods that can more accurately measure the economic impacts of climate change. The research aims to address limitations in existing approaches that do not adequately capture the effects of extreme temperatures on economic outcomes. The award supports the development of new statistical software and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $196,357 project grant to Columbia University for research titled "Collaborative Research: Socio-Economic Patterns, Public Perceptions, and Climate Vulnerabilities of Water Resources and Quality." The three-year award, issued on December 1, 2021 with a completion date of November 30, 2024, will fund research under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). This...