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 CLEAR
Committed · This Pillar
$2.10M
Communities and cities
Currently Funded
27%
$560K of committed budget secured
Discontinued
$1.33M
on this pillar
Replacement Required
$1.54M
1 matched funder under review
Undiscovered Pathways
$0
benchmark $378K mapped · $750K surfaced
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Communities and cities · commitment vs. funded stack
ACRES · 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
$1.54M$1.33M of the committed portfolio on the Communities and cities pillar is no longer supported
ACRES · Mystic River Watershed + C-EARTH heat interventions lost federal support during this cycle. Each unreplaced dollar reflects an obligation to partner clinics and community cohorts that the Center is not currently positioned to sustain.
Open gap analysis$750K under active pursuit across 1 matched funder
Advancing the top 1 would close 49% of the outstanding replacement need.
Assign ownersFUNDING TIMELINE
Sequence of eliminated vs. secured lines by program and fiscal year
SECUREDAT-RISKELIMINATED
FY 2020 → FY 2028
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
FY27
FY28
COMMUNITIES AND CITIES
ACRES
NIEHS P42 Superfund center · $850K✕
EPA EJ collaborative · $480K✕
Barr Foundation · $300K
Wellcome (C-EARTH South Africa arm) · $260K
REPLACEMENT PATHWAY
Matched funders for Communities and cities
3 MATCHES · TRACKED REGARDLESS OF PURSUIT
Kresge Foundation · Environment
Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative
FIT 88
ASK $750K
Invitation-only · warm intro in hand
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