Climate Health grants — page 2
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Grants for the health dimensions of climate: heat, air quality, disease and resilient health systems. Typical funders are the Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, the WHO and bilateral aid, EU Horizon, and national research councils. Listed below are the open climate health grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Adaptation money is overwhelmingly development finance: the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, the World Bank and the regional banks, bilateral aid programmes, and health funders including Wellcome and the Gates Foundation on the health side. Awards are usually made to or through an organisation registered in the country where the work happens, so partnership structure tends to matter more to eligibility than technical merit does.
This page lists open climate health grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 104 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is climate health work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing climate health grants here include Wellcome (Climate & Health Africa), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wellcome Trust, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans AFRICA, GLOBAL, GLOBAL-SOUTH, SE-ASIA, LATAM. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Climate and Health
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This grant funds research that generates evidence on how climate change and climate action affect human health, with a focus on Africa. It supports studies examining the health impacts and co-benefits of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Improving Air Quality
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This grant funds data-driven strategies to reduce air pollution and protect public health in key geographies worldwide. It targets organizations working on respiratory and health conditions caused by poor air quality.
Climate and Health
••••• Trust
This grant funds research generating evidence on how climate change and climate action affect human health outcomes. It supports studies examining both the health impacts of climate change and the health co-benefits or trade-offs of climate mitigation and adaptation interventions.
Grants from a US foundation supporting conservation, food systems, and health
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The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation offers grants to organizations working at the intersection of conservation, food systems, and health through a competitive two-phase application process. Both U.S. and non-U.S. organizations can apply, with concept applications reviewed twice annually.
A Major Consumer-Health Company's Catalyst Accelerator Program 2026-2027
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This is an acceleration program supporting women and underrepresented founders developing innovative solutions in health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across multiple emerging markets. Selected enterprises receive mentorship, training, and flexible financing up to USD 30,000 over a 6-month virtual program.
Emergency Relief Grants
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Grants from the funder to organizations providing immediate crisis relief and advocacy in response to natural or human-made disasters, with focus on human rights and health outcomes. Eligible applicants address urgent humanitarian needs and reduce suffering in disaster-affected communities.
Respiratory Health Research
••••• Foundation
This grant funds fundamental research projects addressing human respiratory health, including protection against viral, bacterial, and environmental threats, as well as genetic respiratory dysfunctions and immune deficiencies. It also supports research linking respiratory health outcomes to air-quality and environmental factors.
Fuel Poverty Fund (Surviving Winter / Household Support)
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This fund addresses fuel poverty through the Surviving Winter and Household Support programmes, providing financial assistance to households struggling with energy costs. It targets low-income individuals and families in Herefordshire needing support to heat their homes and meet essential household needs.
Scientific Research, Start-ups and NGOs Support
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This grant supports scientific research, start-ups, and NGOs working on health (particularly genetics and nutrition), environmental protection, and sustainable development. Eligible applicants can receive funding to advance projects in these three interconnected impact areas.
World Federation Partnership
••••• Foundation
This grant funds collaboration with World Federation (WF-AID) to equip hospitals globally and deploy sustainable water solutions in remote and underserved regions. It targets healthcare infrastructure and water-sanitation interventions in resource-limited settings.
Early Education Centers – Peru Amazonas
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This grant supports 15 rural early education centers across three regions in Peru, funding nutrition, hygiene, and dental care education for teachers, parents, and young children (ages 3–5) to reduce malnutrition. The program targets underserved communities in Lambayeque, Cajamarca, and Amazonas with direct health and food-security interventions.
Funding Initiative: Planetary Health
••••• Foundation
This initiative funds integrated solutions addressing the intersection of environmental degradation and human health, with a focus on planetary health outcomes. It is open to organizations working on environmental and health linkages, likely including nonprofits, research institutions, and social enterprises.
Coordinated Research Activities
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The IAEA coordinates international joint research projects in nuclear science and its applications across energy, health, and environmental domains, providing funding and knowledge-sharing support to Member States. Eligible researchers and institutions from IAEA Member States can participate in collaborative research activities with coordinated resources.
Arts & Health
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A two-year thematic programme that uses arts-based interventions to address health-related sustainable development challenges, positioning creative practice as a tool for healing and resilience. The grant supports collaborative projects with local stakeholders and funding partners, though the specific health outcomes and geographic scope are not detailed.
Scientific Research, Start-ups and NGOs
••••• Foundation
This grant supports scientific research, start-ups, and NGOs working on health (particularly genetics and nutrition), environmental protection, and sustainable development. Eligible applicants include research institutions, early-stage companies, and non-profits aligned with these thematic areas.
Planetary Health Initiative
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This grant funds research and projects exploring the interconnections between environmental degradation and human health outcomes from a planetary systems perspective. It targets researchers, institutions, and organizations working at the nexus of environmental and public health.
Direct Investing in Impact Founders
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Early-stage equity investment fund backing mission-driven startups addressing healthcare, climate, education, and financial access. Investors can participate in funding rounds for companies solving these global challenges.
2026-01: Replacing Unhealthy Kitchens
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This grant funds kitchen replacement and repair projects for women in Colombia, replacing open-fire cooking with ventilated stoves and indoor water systems to improve health and sanitation. The programme also includes sustainable construction training for young people.
Addressing Systemic Barriers
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This grant funds multi-year partnerships with organizations like CARE to develop and scale approaches that address systemic barriers to health and well-being—including access, education, social, financial, and environmental conditions—in underserved communities. It targets health equity expansion through disruption of structural inequities affecting vulnerable populations.
COVID-19 Response Fund
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This grant funds recovery and response efforts addressing the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities, with a focus on disaster recovery and public health resilience. Eligible applicants can seek support for initiatives that help vulnerable populations adapt to and recover from pandemic-related disruptions.
Endurance: Investment focus on improving human health and wellbeing through the global food system
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The funder is seeking investment opportunities in companies and initiatives that improve human health and wellbeing through innovations in the global food system. The fund targets food-systems interventions that deliver measurable health outcomes, including nutrition, food security, and sustainable agriculture.
Nature for Health
••••• Trust
This grant funds projects that leverage nature and environmental interventions to improve health outcomes for communities experiencing health inequalities. It is part of the Health Justice Fund and targets organizations working at the intersection of nature access, environmental health, and health equity.
Active Communities
••••• Trust
Active Communities funds community groups, nonprofits, and local people across Great Britain to create fairer, healthier places to live, work, grow, and age. The grant supports community-led initiatives that advance social equity and health outcomes, with a track record of over 2,000 awards.
Humanitarian Assistance and Comprehensive Response
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Norad funds humanitarian aid globally through UN agencies, the Red Cross, and Norwegian organisations to respond to crises including conflict, drought, and disease outbreaks. The grant supports emergency response and humanitarian assistance with flexible funding amounts and unknown deadline.
Health Equity in Southeast Asia
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This fellowship programme supports individuals addressing health inequities in Southeast Asia and across borders, based in Bangkok. While framed as a health equity initiative, the grant's relevance to climate/sustainability depends on whether health inequities are climate-driven (e.g., heat illness, air-pollution disease burden, climate-resilient health systems) or general public health.
Lead Exposure Action Fund
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This grant funds efforts to eliminate lead exposure and transition to a lead-free world, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. It supports public health and environmental health interventions addressing lead contamination.
Medical and Environmental Protection
••••• Foundation
This grant funds projects addressing environmental protection and public health outcomes, with a focus on air quality, water quality, and health impacts. It is open to organizations working at the intersection of environmental and health sectors.
Brighter Health
••••• Foundation
Brighter Health funds access to light in healthcare settings for underserved and remote communities, likely through solar or off-grid energy solutions. The grant targets health infrastructure in resource-constrained regions where reliable electricity is a barrier to care delivery.
India: Improved Health in Urban Slums
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This programme scales a combined model of financial services and health support targeting low-income urban households in India, with a focus on strengthening economic resilience and wellbeing, particularly for women. It is a partnership between the funder and SCBF to expand proven interventions in urban slum communities.
Community Impact
••••• Foundation
The funder funds charitable partnerships that connect young people with nature through community-based programmes, with explicit goals of improving wellbeing and reducing eco-anxiety. The grant supports youth engagement in environmental and nature-based activities that build social cohesion and mental health resilience.
Health grants programme
••••• Foundation
This grant supports projects addressing basic health needs including drinking water supply and disease research in specific regions, aligned with UN sustainable development goals. It funds both infrastructure investment and research into health interventions in underserved areas.
Early-stage venture fund
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The funder backs early-stage entrepreneurs building category-defining companies in consumer, AI, money, health, and energy sectors. The fund targets founders pushing innovation across these five core verticals with early-stage capital.
Upstream Grant Fund
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The funder's Upstream Grant Fund supports organizations addressing global challenges including disaster prevention, health emergencies, and human connection. It is open to nonprofits and social enterprises working on these interconnected global issues.
Impact Venture Challenge
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A quarterly pitch competition for high-impact entrepreneurs in India to present their businesses to over 1,300 global impact investors. The challenge supports organizations working in agriculture, healthcare, and livelihoods sectors.
Direct Early/Growth Stage Investments
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The funder offers direct equity investments in early and growth-stage social businesses across agriculture, healthcare, and livelihoods sectors in India. The fund targets businesses with social and environmental impact potential, operating as the impact investing arm of Rianta Capital.
Community Impact Grants for Neglected Tropical Disease Prevention
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This grant funds community and grassroots organizations working on snakebite prevention, treatment, and mitigation globally. It targets organizations addressing snakebite as a public health and community safety issue at the local level.
OpenWHO Online Health Worker Training
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This grant funds the development and delivery of online training courses for health workers on snakebite management through the OpenWHO platform, reaching a global audience. It supports capacity-building in clinical knowledge for a neglected tropical disease with climate-adaptation relevance.
Grand Challenges
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Grand Challenges funds bold, innovative solutions to global health and development problems through periodic open calls in specific challenge areas. The grant is open to organizations and teams worldwide working on high-impact interventions in health, agriculture, and development sectors.
Public Health: Supports public health projects in communities around the world, including hospital infrastructure and…
••••• Foundation
The funder funds public health infrastructure projects globally, including hospital construction and water access initiatives in underserved communities. The grant supports both capital infrastructure and service delivery in low- and middle-income regions.
Nurturing Wellbeing Through Physical Resilience
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This grant funds oral health education and dental treatment services for underserved communities globally, with partnerships including Save the Children for crisis response and water/sanitation access. Eligible applicants can address dental health disparities and build resilience in vulnerable populations through integrated health and WASH interventions.
2026 Veterans and Nature Grant
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This grant expands veterans' access to nature-based health and wellness programs, funding organizations that connect military veterans with outdoor and conservation activities. The funder prioritizes health outcomes and environmental stewardship for an underserved population.
Southwest Produce Prescription Program (SWPRx)
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This grant funds a community-based produce prescription programme that improves health and food access in southwest Virginia by connecting residents with fresh produce. It supports local environmental agriculture initiatives addressing food insecurity and nutrition equity in underserved communities.
Food Leadership and Innovation Center
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This grant incubates leadership and innovation to grow and replicate healthy food access programs within NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) communities. It targets nonprofits and community organizations working to improve food security and health outcomes in public housing residents.
Healthy Homes: A programme focused on improving the health and safety of homes in Northeast Ohio communities
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This grant funds programmes that improve health and safety in homes across Northeast Ohio communities through environmental justice, policy, and research initiatives. It targets organizations working on housing-related environmental health and systems-level change in the region.
Water & Health
••••• Foundation
This grant funds water access and health improvements in underserved regions, with a focus on grant-making activities that address water-related challenges. The funder (the funder) supports organizations working on water supply, treatment, and health outcomes in resource-constrained communities.
Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Philanthropy
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Emergency response and recovery funding from the funder for humanitarian crises and disaster resilience, with focus on health, education, and climate impacts affecting children and families. Supports both immediate crisis response and longer-term systemic recovery.
Major Foundation Institutional Support
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This grant supports research and educational projects at institutions in low- and lower-middle income countries, with a focus on capacity-building, knowledge development, and human resource development. It targets institutional strengthening in nutrition, food security, health, and science-related fields.
Community Health Foundation Partnerships
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CHEST Community Connections funds collaborative projects between the funder and local organizations in host cities of CHEST Annual Meetings to deliver lung health education and vital services. The program targets nonprofits and community groups working on respiratory health and health equity in partnership with the medical community.