**Some programs are limited. Please read solicitations carefully and consult your Office of Research for specifics, such as limited applications through your university and internal application deadlines.**

This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encourages submission of proposals and supplemental funding requests focused on addressing the serious issue of the human health impacts resulting from climate change and downstream impacts from climate mitigation strategies. Tackling climate change-related human health issues has been identified as a priority by the scientific community. Participating entities in this DCL are the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO); the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE); and, in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and the Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUP) Programs.

  • Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) proposals
  • Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals
  • GeoHealth INTERN supplements 
  • Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) 
  • Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) 
  • Conference Proposals 
  • Planning Proposals 
  • Supplemental Funding Requests to existing NSF GEO or SBE awards 

Application Deadline: Ongoing