The Towards a better understanding and anticipation of the impacts of climate change on health call from Horizon Europe supports international collaborative research projects to contribute to “Living and working in a health-promoting environment”. Applicants should explicitly state in their proposal which of the following broad focus areas is targeted and the proposed work should address only this specific broad focus area:
- Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and/or individual safety (e.g. injuries or fatalities), excluding mental health aspects: proposals should explore evidence on the complex interactions between climate change (e.g. changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events) and NCDs and individual safety, which often involve multiple climate exposure pathways and compound and cascading climatic events.
- Mental health, considering interactions with brain health if relevant: in the broad focus area of mental health and psychosocial well-being, proposals should increase the evidence on the acute and long-term impacts of climate change and the understanding of new syndromes related to climate stress.
- Infectious diseases, including vector-borne and non-vector-borne: proposals should increase the understanding of the factors driving climate-related burden from infectious diseases.
Project proposals must involve a minimum of three independent legal entities from three different eligible countries, from Europe and countries associated with the Horizon Europe program (such as Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK, and more), plus low and middle-income countries. Organizations in the USA are also eligible. This call requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines.
This is a Research and Innovation Action, and the funding provides up to 8 million EUR for 2 to 5 years.
Funding ID: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-01
Applications are due April 16, 2026.