CHELCIE Command
PROGRAM PATHWAYS
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.

Committed · This Pillar
$1.85M
Individuals
Currently Funded
22%
$400K of committed budget secured
Discontinued
$1.10M
on this pillar
Replacement Required
$1.45M
1 matched funder under review
Undiscovered Pathways
$0
benchmark $333K mapped · $1.45M surfaced
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Individuals · 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NIH NHLBI R01 (Y3–Y5 continuation)· Continuation withdrawn Q1 FY26
$1.10M
Harvard Chan internal bridge· Covers Y3 enrollment only
$220K
Wellcome climate-health award· Restricted to India cohort translation
$180K
Private family foundation (pending LOI)· Awaiting site visit Feb 2026
$300K
Rebuild gap· matched pipeline below
$1.45M
$1.10M of the committed portfolio on the Individuals pillar is no longer supported

APECS · Air Purification for Eosinophilic COPD 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
$1.45M under active pursuit across 1 matched funder

Advancing the top 1 would close 100% of the outstanding replacement need.

Assign owners
FUNDING TIMELINE
Sequence of eliminated vs. secured lines by program and fiscal year
SECUREDAT-RISKELIMINATED
FY 2023 → FY 2028
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
FY27
FY28
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
REPLACEMENT PATHWAY
Matched funders for Individuals
Wellcome Trust · Climate & Health
Discovery Award · $1.5M / 3 yr
FIT 96
ASK $1.45M
Rolling · next review Mar 2026
Ballmer Group
Economic mobility × environmental health
FIT 78
ASK $850K
No open RFP · relationship-led