Extramural US Federal Research Grants For Climate Change And Health
In their article in the September issue of Health Affairs, Cecilia Sorensen and her team of coauthors call climate change "arguably the greatest threat to health and health care delivery of the twenty-first century."
They specifically examine federal grants awarded between 2010 and 2020 that funded research at the intersection of climate change and health.
Of a total of 102 identified grants, the total value of the awarded grants was about $58.7 million, or approximately $5.3 million per year.
Most awards came from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Extreme heat and hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons were the largest specific climate-sensitive exposure categories studied, and the largest proportion of total funding was distributed to research studying vectorborne disease, heat-related illness, and allergy/asthma/respiratory disease.
Sorensen and coauthors find that most funding was not directed toward any specific vulnerable population, and that no awards specifically focused on Indigenous communities or incarcerated populations.
They
conclude that in addition to increased funding in climate and health generally, greater investments should be made in research on vulnerable populations.
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