Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates: December 7, 2026 (Assistance meeting requests) | December 20, 2026 (Application, 11:59 PM ET)
Funding Amounts: Up to six awards of $3,000–$5,000; funds must be spent by October 31, 2027
Summary: Supports collaborative research, teaching, and public programming centering the humanities in environmental problems and the climate crisis.
Key Information: At least one organizer must be a student or full-time employee at Columbia University, Teachers College, or Barnard College.
Description
Columbia University’s Center for Science and Society supports projects that place the humanities at the center of studying environmental problems and the climate crisis. The program brings social and cultural approaches into environmental discussions to examine taken-for-granted concepts from multiple perspectives and generate new forms of knowledge. Collaborative projects should encourage cross-disciplinary research, teaching, and/or public programming combining environmental or climate questions with the arts, humanities, and/or social sciences.
Supported formats include research on human–nature relationships, documentaries, films, podcasts, visual arts, websites, mobile applications, fiction and nonfiction, discussion groups, public events, and workshops. Grantees share their projects and outputs with the Center and the broader Columbia University community through a talk and/or event.
