Climate-Driven Real Estate Risk and Threats to Financial Security RFP
This grant funds empirical research on how climate-driven physical risks like floods and wildfires impact real estate values, household wealth, retirement security, and community financial stability.
Funder: Society of Actuaries
Due Dates: July 15, 2026: Notification of Intent to Submit Proposal (email) | July 29, 2026: Full proposal submission deadline
Funding Amounts: Typical project awards: $25,000–$50,000; literature reviews: $15,000–$20,000; surveys: $28,000–$55,000.
Summary: Funding for empirical research quantifying how climate-driven physical perils impact real estate values, household wealth, retirement security, and community financial stability.
Description
The Society of Actuaries Research Institute invites proposals for empirical, data-driven research examining the financial impacts of climate-driven physical perils—such as wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and storms—on real estate values and, by extension, household wealth, retirement security, and broader community financial stability. The initiative seeks to fill critical knowledge gaps and inform actuaries, policymakers, and the public with actionable insights based on real-world data. Proposals should address one or more of six focus areas, including quantifying climate-driven real estate risk, tracing its transmission to financial security, evaluating hazard data, assessing institutional asset portfolios, investigating systemic risk, and exploring the role of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics in risk management.
