CHELCIE COMMAND · PROGRAM PATHWAYS · RESEARCH YEAR · FY2026
The research mandate, measured against the funding that supports it
Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment. A reconciled view of the Center's active commitments: awards currently secured, lines discontinued this cycle, and the replacement pathway under development.
FILTER BY PILLARAll pillarsIndividualsHealth care systemsCommunities and citiesNational and global policy
Committed · Current Cycle
$8M
across four research pillars
Currently Funded
27%
$2.15M of committed budget secured
Discontinued
$4.03M
federal and agency lines ended this cycle
Replacement Required
$5.85M
4 matched funders under review
Undiscovered Pathways
$0
benchmark $1.44M mapped · $3.70M surfaced
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Program commitment vs. funded stack
APECS · Air Purification for Eosinophilic COPD
Enroll 240 COPD patients across 3 Boston-area sites to test whether in-home HEPA filtration reduces exacerbations.
$1.10M eliminated this cycle
COMMITMENT $1.85M
FUNDED 22%
NIH NHLBI R01 (Y3–Y5 continuation)· Continuation withdrawn Q1 FY26
$1.10MHarvard Chan internal bridge· Covers Y3 enrollment only
$220KWellcome climate-health award· Restricted to India cohort translation
$180KPrivate family foundation (pending LOI)· Awaiting site visit Feb 2026
$300KRebuild gap· matched pipeline below
$1.45MClimate MD + Frontline Clinic Resilience
Deploy climate-resilience playbooks to 40 FQHCs and train 1,200 clinicians on climate-and-health curricula.
$900K eliminated this cycle
COMMITMENT $2.40M
FUNDED 28%
HRSA cooperative agreement· Line item cut in FY26 CR
$900KCDC Climate & Health Program· Program under review
$650KAmericares partnership (in-kind + cash)· 3-yr MOU through FY27
$420KKresge Foundation renewal· Awarded Nov 2025
$250KRebuild gap· matched pipeline below
$1.73MACRES · Mystic River Watershed + C-EARTH heat interventions
Cumulative-impact monitoring across 21 environmental-justice census tracts; heat-stress interventions in Boston, South Africa, Madagascar.
$1.33M eliminated this cycle
COMMITMENT $2.10M
FUNDED 27%
NIEHS P42 Superfund center· Center grant not renewed
$850KEPA EJ collaborative· Program terminated Feb 2025
$480KBarr Foundation· New England EJ portfolio
$300KWellcome (C-EARTH South Africa arm)· Multi-site award
$260KRebuild gap· matched pipeline below
$1.54MCHAIR-India + Climate-Smart Public Health (Madagascar/Nepal)
Link environmental exposure data to national health datasets in India, Madagascar, and Nepal; produce benefit-cost analyses to inform policy.
$700K eliminated this cycle
COMMITMENT $1.65M
FUNDED 32%
USAID climate-health line· Agency dissolution FY25
$700KWellcome CHAIR-India renewal· 5-yr through FY29
$520KRockefeller Foundation planetary health· Concept note stage
$300KBloomberg Philanthropies (exploratory)· Awaiting mandate alignment
$200KRebuild gap· matched pipeline below
$1.13M$4.03M of the committed portfolio across the research stack is no longer supported
NIH continuation funding, the HRSA cooperative agreement, the NIEHS P42 center grant, the EPA environmental-justice collaborative, and the USAID climate-health line have been reduced or discontinued. Each unreplaced dollar reflects an obligation to partner clinics and environmental-justice communities that the Center is not currently positioned to sustain.
Open gap analysis$3.70M under active pursuit across 4 matched funders
Advancing the top 3 would close 53% of the outstanding replacement need.
Assign ownersFUNDING TIMELINE
Sequence of eliminated vs. secured lines by program and fiscal year
SECUREDAT-RISKELIMINATED
FY 2020 → FY 2029
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
FY27
FY28
FY29
INDIVIDUALS
APECS
NIH NHLBI R01 (Y3–Y5 continuation) · $1.10M✕
Harvard Chan internal bridge · $220K
Wellcome climate-health award · $180K
Private family foundation (pending LOI) · $300K
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Climate MD + Frontline Clinic Resilience
HRSA cooperative agreement · $900K✕
CDC Climate & Health Program · $650K
Americares partnership (in-kind + cash) · $420K
Kresge Foundation renewal · $250K
COMMUNITIES AND CITIES
ACRES
NIEHS P42 Superfund center · $850K✕
EPA EJ collaborative · $480K✕
Barr Foundation · $300K
Wellcome (C-EARTH South Africa arm) · $260K
NATIONAL AND GLOBAL POLICY
CHAIR-India + Climate-Smart Public Health (Madagascar/Nepal)
USAID climate-health line · $700K✕
Wellcome CHAIR-India renewal · $520K
Rockefeller Foundation planetary health · $300K
Bloomberg Philanthropies (exploratory) · $200K
REPLACEMENT PATHWAY
Matched funders · ranked by mandate alignment
6 MATCHES · TRACKED REGARDLESS OF PURSUIT
Wellcome Trust · Climate & Health
Discovery Award · $1.5M / 3 yr
FIT 96
ASK $1.45M
Rolling · next review Mar 2026
Bloomberg Philanthropies · Environment
Climate-resilient health systems RFP
FIT 91
ASK $900K
LOI due Apr 15, 2026
COVERSHealth care systems
Kresge Foundation · Environment
Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative
FIT 88
ASK $750K
Invitation-only · warm intro in hand
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Policies for Action · climate & health
FIT 84
ASK $600K
Concept note open Feb–May 2026
Barr Foundation
Climate program renewal (upsize)
FIT 82
ASK $400K
Renewal cycle Q3 FY26
COVERSCommunities and cities
Ballmer Group
Economic mobility × environmental health
FIT 78
ASK $850K
No open RFP · relationship-led