Funding Opportunity: Secondary Analysis Pilot Program (SAPP)
Up to $10,000 for four projects • Apply by Jan 31, 2026.
ECO-Health and the UC Center for Climate, Health & Equity (CCHE) are excited to announce the 2026 Secondary Analysis Pilot Program (SAPP), which supports innovative research that utilizes existing environmental and health datasets to explore how place, context, and ecological factors influence health outcomes.
Who Can Apply?
UC-affiliated doctoral students, candidates, residents, postdocs, and junior faculty (Assistant level). Cross-campus and community collaborations encouraged!
What We’re Looking For:
🔹 Environmental influences on health
🔹 Population-level exposure & disease patterns
🔹 Methodological innovation using secondary data
🔹 Policy-relevant or systems-level research
🔹 Development/validation of indicators using existing datasets Projects using California datasets (CalEnviroScreen, HPI, UCSF Health Atlas, etc.) are especially encouraged—but all relevant datasets are welcome.
Funding Priorities:
✔ California-relevant or policy-relevant research
✔ Early-Stage Investigator involvement
✔ Open-access data and code sharing (e.g., GitHub).
Key Dates:
Proposals due: Jan 31, 2026
Awards announced: Apr 1, 2026
Project period: Apr 1, 2026 – May 1, 2027
Final report: Jun 1, 2027
Learn more.
ECO-Health Trainings
ECO-Health Applied Workshops for Climate Change and Health Research | ||
| Training | Training Dates | Registration |
| Methods in Environmental Epidemiology Part I | ||
| Methods in Environmental Epidemiology Part II | ||
| Qualitative Data Collection in the Climate and Health Space | Winter 2026 Date TBD | Coming soon |
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