The Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $4,000,468 project grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program. This 3-year grant will support the Center's efforts to develop and sustain diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)-focused researcher training and career development programs. The Center will also...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, will support research investigating the impacts of environmental exposures, such as heat stress and wildfire smoke, on cardiovascular health over the life course. The $781,268 award to the University of Southern California will enable a longitudinal study of 400 young adults, analyzing how exposures from childhood to early adulthood...
This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...
The University of Arizona received a $3,814,815 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) to establish the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH). The three-year grant, awarded on September 22, 2023, will fund transdisciplinary research projects addressing the health impacts of climate change in arid regions of the Southwestern United States and globally. Key focus areas include the...
This $3,820,922 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will establish a Climate Change and Health Center focused on a "community-driven, health-first approach to climate action and the energy transition." The center's key innovations include developing a scenario health risk model for energy policy decision-making, conducting a pilot study on the impacts of climate change...
This $595,043 Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant titled "PURE-CLIMATE: IDENTIFYING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS A MODIFIABLE RISK FACTOR FOR HUMAN HEALTH" will leverage the existing infrastructure and data of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study to establish a global study on the impacts of climate change on human...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, will establish the Cincinnati Climate Change and Health Research Center (C3HRC) at the University of Cincinnati. The $1,354,820 award, provided over 3 years from September 2024 to August 2027, will support research to examine the health impacts of climate change-driven exposures to heat, pathogens, and environmental toxicants, and develop...
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has been awarded a $7,861,124 Project Grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant will fund the establishment of the UIC Center for Climate and Health Equity (CECHE), which aims to advance cutting-edge climate health research through an interdisciplinary team science approach. The center will focus on nature-based solutions to mitigate adverse...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $2,502,846 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to establish the Mni Sota Center for Climate Change and Health (M3CH) at the University of Minnesota. The project aims to develop regional capacity for research on the health impacts of climate change, with a focus on American Indian and rural populations in the Upper Midwest. Key objectives include: Building regional research...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $1,270,897 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to establish the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center. The REACH Center is a multi-institutional partnership that leverages expertise in public health, medicine, public policy, earth and atmospheric sciences, and environmental justice to research the health and equity impacts of climate change mitigation and...
The University of Southern California (USC) received a $4,107,072 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on September 17, 2024, will fund the "CLIMATE-RELATED EXPOSURES, ADAPTATION, AND HEALTH EQUITY (CLIMA) CENTER" project. The center aims to build a transdisciplinary research community and infrastructure to advance solution-oriented climate change, adaptation, and health equity research. Key objectives include developing innovative models to assess exposures to urban heat, wildfire smoke, and compound climate events, and investigating their impacts on cardiovascular health and adaptive capacity across diverse communities. The project will leverage large electronic medical record datasets and lifetime residential histories to inform policies that strengthen climate resilience and protect vulnerable populations. The award will also support community engagement and participatory action research to co-design and ground-truth adaptation strategies.