New Funding Opportunity: Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program

The Natural Hazards Center has opened applications for the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program, offering awards of $10,000 to $50,000 to support the collection of perishable, health-relevant data within six months of extreme weather events. This NIH-NSF funded program addresses critical gaps in knowledge about health risks and consequences associated with wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, floods, heat waves, and other extreme weather events. RAPID Facility users are particularly well-positioned to leverage this funding opportunity through our expanded portfolio of environmental health monitoring sensors and instrumentation, which enables comprehensive data collection at the intersection of extreme weather science and public health research. Researchers interested in applying should submit a 6-page single-spaced proposal following the submission guidelines, with questions directed to the Natural Hazards Center team at haz.research.awards@colorado.edu. This partnership between NIH and NSF enhances support for post-disaster investigations that integrate rapid reconnaissance with environmental exposure and health data collection.