Fund for Climate Solutions awards innovative science, continues growth Miles Grant Director of Publications & Media Relations
When it comes to solving climate change, cutting-edge science can’t wait. Two years ago, Woodwell Climate Research Center, through the generosity of many contributors, launched a pilot project to help our scientists spend less time writing fundraising proposals and more time doing groundbreaking research. The Fund for Climate Solutions surpassed two major milestones in the fall of 2020, Above left: A small team of Woodwell scientists deploying a monitoring tower in Alaska’s YukonKuskokwim Delta, fall 2019. / photo by Chris Linder
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awarding nine new projects—the most ever in a single round—and exceeding $3 million in projects funded to date. The Fund was established in late 2017 to accelerate innovative, solutionsfocused research that may be difficult to fund through other avenues. Funding enables Woodwell Climate researchers to extend or augment crucial research initiatives, seed new projects that offer breakthrough policy or scientific impact, or get pilot projects off the ground to show proof of concept work for outside funding opportunities.
Over its first two years, the Fund has awarded 27 grants to climate science research, supporting a diverse array of projects across all five of the Center’s program areas. The most recent round includes a global assessment of forests’ capacity for continued carbon accumulation, an examination of climate-related security threats in nuclear states, and a study of climate change impacts on Chinook salmon aimed at supporting local Alaskan communities who rely on them for food and income.
Climate Science for Change
Fall 2020
