Call for Climate, Environment and Health Responders in the Americas

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is launching a program to train 'Climate, Environment and Health Responders' in the Americas. The initiative focuses on a transdisciplinary (TD) approach to bridge the science-policy gap, targeting a diverse group of stakeholders including government officials, researchers, and community leaders. The program consists of a 7-week virtual mentorship and training phase, an in-person regional grant development workshop, and the awarding of seed grants for pilot studies or further grant development. A key requirement for seed grants is the procurement of co-funding, with a particular emphasis on supporting member countries with lower science and technology capacity.

• The initiative employs a transdisciplinary (TD) approach, which requires stakeholders—including policy-makers, implementers, and affected communities—to collaborate with researchers in "collaborative and iterative co-development processes at the interface of science and policy."
• The program is structured into three distinct phases: a virtual 7-week training and mentorship period (Phase 1), an in-person regional grant development workshop (Phase 2), and the provision of seed grants with co-funding (Phase 3).
• Seed grants are available for two specific purposes: supporting the development of submissions for larger funding mechanisms (such as the Belmont Forum) over a 6-month period, or conducting pilot TD CEH studies over 12 to 18 months.
• Co-funding is a mandatory consideration for seed grant proposals to ensure projects are not "fully dependent on the IAI grant." The IAI expects higher levels of co-funding from upper and upper-middle-income countries to prioritize support for member countries with greater need for science and technology capacity development.
• To be eligible for Phase 1, TD teams must be composed of at least one stakeholder (such as a government official or community leader), one social sciences specialist, and one natural sciences specialist, and must include an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) plan.
• The training targets a wide range of professionals, including government officials at national and sub-national levels, civil society leaders, and researchers in fields such as epidemiology, public health, and meteorological services.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2022). Call for Climate, Environment and Health Responders in the Americas. https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/TD%20CEH%20course%20overview_Complete.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Call for Climate, Environment and Health Responders in the Americas. 2022. https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/TD%20CEH%20course%20overview_Complete.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2022call, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Call for Climate, Environment and Health Responders in the Americas}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/TD%20CEH%20course%20overview_Complete.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }