Wellcome Trust | Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health
Event details
| Date | 21.01.2025 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: This call will fund research that advances our understanding of the mechanisms in which heat can affect anxiety, depression or psychosis. Mechanisms of interest can be at the biological, psychological and/or social level. Projects must focus on the populations most impacted by heat, mental health problems or the intersection of both. Projects supported by this award must also illustrate the translational implications of the research either now or in the future.
Research proposals should cover these topics:
Projects must focus on heat as a stressor of relevance to climate change. This may include:
Funding: £ 1-3M (0% overheads)
Duration: 3-5 years
Eligibility: Application is open to teams of researchers based anywhere in the world, apart from mainland China. Proposals are encouraged from diverse and interdisciplinary teams, with collaborations covering multiple areas of expertise (eg biological, psychological and social).
Team, Lead applicant, Co-applicant, and Collaborator criteria can found be here.
IP requirements: There are specific IP provisions you’ll need to clarify with your partners before submitting. Please contact the Research Office for advice on how to approach this.
How to Apply: Applications should be completed through Wellcome’s online portal. The full proposal submission requires authorization by the host institution, please do bear that in mind and notify the Research Office that you are applying in advance of submission.
Deadline: 21 January 2025
Further information
Research proposals should cover these topics:
- heat
- communities most impacted
- mental health conditions in scope
- mechanisms of focus
- causal insights
- translational opportunities
- collaboration between mental health scientists and climate scientists
- lived experience involvement
Projects must focus on heat as a stressor of relevance to climate change. This may include:
- extreme heat events
- chronic exposure to unusually high temperatures
- elevated indoor temperatures due to high external ambient temperatures
- urban heat island effects
Funding: £ 1-3M (0% overheads)
Duration: 3-5 years
Eligibility: Application is open to teams of researchers based anywhere in the world, apart from mainland China. Proposals are encouraged from diverse and interdisciplinary teams, with collaborations covering multiple areas of expertise (eg biological, psychological and social).
Team, Lead applicant, Co-applicant, and Collaborator criteria can found be here.
IP requirements: There are specific IP provisions you’ll need to clarify with your partners before submitting. Please contact the Research Office for advice on how to approach this.
How to Apply: Applications should be completed through Wellcome’s online portal. The full proposal submission requires authorization by the host institution, please do bear that in mind and notify the Research Office that you are applying in advance of submission.
Deadline: 21 January 2025
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- Webinar on 9 October, registration here
- Matching tool submission deadline on 31 October
- The application portal can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free