Climate Project Cross-Mission Themes
In Spring 2025, the Climate Project at MIT invited individual MIT PIs to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for participation in cross-cutting research on two themes:
Initially, this call provides approximately $1 million in funding for 6 months distributed across these teams, with an opportunity for follow-on funding supported by additional funding of up to $3 million over a subsequent 18 months (for a total of $4 million over two years.)
Update on Process
The deadline to submit was May 9, 2025. More than 100 faculty and PIs responded to the call.
The faculty Mission Directors are working with small interdisciplinary research teams that developed full proposals addressing key questions in these themes.
Learn more about the process for developing full proposals that this step supports.
Browse the Open Call FAQ.
Climate Missions
Superseded information
- Full description of the Open Call and Expressions of Interest (PDF)
- Background information
- Theme 1: Sense, Share, and Understand (PDF)
- Theme 2: Heat Stress and Cooling (PDF)
- Eligibility and funding
- Process and timeline to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI)
- Narrative template for EOI. Other forms and templates available upon logging in to InfoReady.
- Schedule and registration for April 2025 workshops
- Information about the second phase: developing full proposals
- Open Call FAQ.
Contact climate_hq@mit.edu for further assistance.