In order to inform planning and prevention focused on weather and climate-sensitive health risks to U.S. economic, development, scientific and safety interests at home and abroad, NOA’s International Research and Applications Project (IRAP) selected six new two-year projects following a highly competitive funding competition, totaling $1.5 million.
NOAA CPO, through the International Research and Applications Project (IRAP), will join the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies to make research funding available to advance the use of climate information and services in the reduction of climate-sensitive health risks.
The three competitions would fund interdisciplinary research on planning and preparedness to extreme weather and climate.
This research proposes a heat early warning system that could save thousands of lives in Bangladesh and beyond.
Americans’ health, security and economic wellbeing are tied to climate and weather. Every day, we see communities grappling with environmental challenges due to unusual or extreme events related to climate and weather.