Funding Opportunity:
Community-Partnered Action Research Pilot Program (CARPP)
Up to $30,000 for three projects • Apply by July 17, 2026
ECO-Health and the UC Center for Climate, Health & Equity (CCHE) are excited to announce the 2026 Community-Partnered Action Research Pilot Program (CARPP), which supports community-academic partnerships conducting solutions-oriented research on climate, extreme weather, and health in California.
Who Can Apply?
UC-affiliated postdoctoral scholars and faculty partnering with community organizations, government agencies, tribal organizations, public health departments, schools, and nonprofits. Both established and emerging partnerships are encouraged.
What We’re Looking For:
🔹 Community-driven climate and health research
🔹 Extreme weather impacts on health and well-being
🔹 Wildfires, floods, drought, heatwaves, and severe storms
🔹 Community-engaged and action-oriented approaches
🔹 Pilot data to support future funding opportunities
🔹 Policy-relevant and solutions-focused research
Funding Priorities:
✔ Strong community-academic partnerships
✔ Community-defined needs and priorities
✔ Scientific rigor and innovation
✔ Policy and practice relevance
✔ Meaningful community engagement throughout the project
✔ Feasible projects with potential for future funding
Key Dates:
Proposals due: July 17, 2026
Awards announced: August 14, 2026
Project period: September 15, 2026 – September 14, 2027
Final report: October 1, 2027
Funding Opportunity: Secondary Analysis Pilot Program (SAPP)
Up to $10,000 for four projects • Apply by Jan 31, 2026. Application closed.
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. Application closed.
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 |
| Causal Mediation Analysis in Climate Change Epidemiology Part 1 | ||
| Causal Mediation Analysis in Climate Change Epidemiology Part II | ||
| Methods in Environmental Epidemiology Part I | ||
| Methods in Environmental Epidemiology Part II | ||
| Qualitative Data Collection in the Climate and Health Space | ||
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