Dec 8: Research funding for Health Challenges of Climate Change now available

Please note this funding call has now closed. Applications are being considered and successful applicants will be notified by the NHMRC.

The National Health and Medical Research Council is working with NCCARF and the Department of Climate Change to identify and support research to address the health challenges from global climate change, specifically:

• Health impacts of climate change which are of national importance, including water quality, infectious diseases, the capacity of the health system to cope with disasters and the health benefits or adverse health effects of adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Applications that address priority questions in the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan – Human Health are encouraged. Prospective applicants should click here to download the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan – Human Health

This funding call is a collaborative arrangement between the NHMRC, NCCARF, and the Department of Climate Change. Approximately $5 million is available in this round.

Proposals should be lodged with NHMRC by 22 March 2010. Click here to view details of the research call on the NHMRC website.