** Deadline extended to May 9
Submit an Expression of Interest: Climate Project Cross-Mission Themes
The Climate Project invites individual MIT PIs to submit Expressions of Interest for participation in cross-cutting research related to:
- Sensing, sharing, and understanding the state of the climate and planet.
- Heat stress and cooling solutions.
These submissions will be used to build ~6 small interdisciplinary research teams to develop full proposals addressing key questions in these themes. Initially, this call provides around $1M in funding for 6 months distributed across these teams with an opportunity for follow-on funding supported by additional funding of up to $3M over a subsequent 18 months (for a total of $4M over 2 years.)
Essential information
- This call is restricted to MIT faculty and principal investigators (PIs).
- The period to submit an Expression of Interest begins April 1, 2025.
- Learn more about the two themes:
- Register for one of several April workshops to meet with the Mission Directors and to share and generate ideas. (RSVP required--MIT PIs or their representatives only.)
- Submit an Expression of Interest by May 9, 2025. (MIT Funding Portal)
- Questions? Browse the Open Call FAQ.
Climate Missions
Each Climate Mission will address a broad domain where solutions are required for effective climate response and where a critical mass of excellent research capabilities exists at MIT.
Climate HQ
Climate HQ is an administrative, operational, and coordinating arm for the Climate Project, and provides shared services to the Climate Missions to help them achieve practical impact at scale.
Learn more
- Full description about 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.