OPPORTUNITIES

OPPORTUNITIES

Solving human-caused environmental disruption depends on human ingenuity. Through conversations and combined expertise, radical thinking and organization, learning new things and taking action, we can make a difference. Explore opportunities for Yale-centered teams to accelerate research, scholarship, and impact.

See projects supported in 2023

CLIMATE IMPACT INNOVATION FUND

The fund accelerates exploration, experimentation, development, and implementation of:

1) Substantial reductions or removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere;
2) Protections to human health from a rapidly changing global climate;
3) Improvements in environmental economic models, environmental policy innovation, and environmental justice outcomes.

Projects emphasizing engineering, prototyping, and proof of concept work are a priority. The fund supports work on the roots of planetary challenges and ways to address them, including business, financial, and policy tools. This may include the deployment, commercialization, or scale-up of a research idea.

SUPPORT FOR BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Species are disappearing at a rate not seen in millennia. The consequences of the planet's sixth extinction are coming into focus through research, and solutions are in development. Simultaneously, the links between environmental health and human health are becoming ever clearer.

Researchers, scholars, and practitioners are invited to apply for early-stage support for innovative projects addressing biodiversity loss and environmental health.