Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates: December 20, 2026, 11:59 PM ET (Application) | October 31, 2027 (Funds expended)
Funding Amounts: Up to six awards of $3,000–$5,000, plus up to $300 for a sharing event
Summary: Supports collaborative research, teaching, and public programming that center humanities perspectives on environmental problems and the climate crisis.
Key Information: Projects must include a student or full-time employee co-organizer 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 question taken-for-granted concepts, examine human–nature relationships, and generate new forms of knowledge. Collaborative projects should encourage cross-disciplinary research, teaching, and/or public programming connecting environmental or climate questions with the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Supported formats include research collaborations, documentaries and films, podcasts, visual arts, websites, mobile applications, fiction and nonfiction, discussion groups, public events, and workshops. Projects share their work and outputs with the Center and the broader Columbia University community through a talk or event.
