Seed Grant Program in Climate and Sustainability
Internal — Harvard University only
Seed Grant Program in Climate and Sustainability supports Harvard faculty’s early-stage research, collaborations, and workshops to advance climate and sustainability work and build academic communities.
Funder: Harvard University
Due Dates: October 16, 2026 (Extended October deadline) | February 5, 2027 (February cycle) | October 1, 2027 (October cycle)
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 for one year
Summary: Supports Harvard faculty-led early-stage research, new research directions, interdisciplinary collaborations, and workshops addressing climate and sustainability.
Key Information: Applicants must be Harvard faculty with Principal Investigator status; climate–public health projects require Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health PIs.
Description
Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability supports early-stage research, new projects, interdisciplinary collaborations, and workshops addressing climate and sustainability challenges. The program helps faculty develop work that could lead to external funding, explore new research directions, and build academic communities around emerging or understudied topics. Faculty entering climate research and those already working in the field may apply.
The program also supports early-stage, cross-School interdisciplinary research quantifying health outcomes following climate mitigation or adaptation solutions and interventions. Across its funding categories, the institute considers feasibility and the potential for lasting impact through publications, further funding, improved public health outcomes, and new climate- and sustainability-related work at Harvard. There is no preference for a particular disciplinary orientation.
