Nexa Lighthouse call: Protecting people with cardiometabolic diseases from the impacts of heat in South Asia supports local innovators turning health risk signals into timely action to protect people from extreme heat.
Applications are now listed as open, with submissions required through Fluxx by November 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. UTC). The “Send application” link now points to Grand Challenges Canada’s funding page instead of the Foundation’s Norma portal.
Funds interdisciplinary research consortia to study how heat exposure affects hypertension, aiming to uncover mechanisms and improve clinical management for hypertensive patients facing extreme heat.
Climate Impacts Awards support transdisciplinary teams researching climate change’s health effects and economic costs, combining evidence and community engagement to drive targeted climate policy action.
Distinguished Innovator Grant supports senior academic innovators developing health, sustainability and applied quantum ideas toward proof-of-concept, scaling and commercialisation.
Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator supports ventures testing and scaling locally rooted solutions to strengthen climate adaptation, food security and resilience for vulnerable communities.
Demonstrating Health Solutions Science in Action supports organizations in collaborative research to demonstrate health solutions science in practice and build a record of its impact.