NSF, NEH and partner funding agencies from seven countries announce the winners of the Canada-led 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation competition

U.S. National Science Foundation

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) joined partner funding agencies from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in announcing the awardees for the 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation competition, coordinated by Canada's New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). 

Totaling nearly $26 million, the awards will fund 11 new collaborative research projects, with NSF investing roughly $6 million, NEH half a million, and international partners over $19 million. These projects aim to leverage world-class expertise to tackle global challenges caused by climate change, recognized as the single most important threat to the planet and its inhabitants' future well-being and prosperity. 

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