Funding Opportunity – Climate Action and Awareness Fund

April 16, 2021

Maximum Funding Amount: $5,000,000

Statement of Interest due: April 28

The Climate Action and Awareness Fund (Advancing Climate Change Science and Technology Stream) will support Canadian-made projects that help reduce Canada’s GHG emissions. The Advancing Climate Change Science stream supports projects that will strengthen Canada’s science capacity to identify, accelerate, and evaluate mitigation actions towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Proposals are being sought for the following research themes:

(1) Informing Carbon Sink Enhancements: Nature-Based Climate Solutions

(2) Understanding the Potential for, and Implications of, Negative Emission Technologies

(3) Understanding City- and Municipal-Level GHG Emissions and Mitigation Effectiveness

(4) Understanding Multiple Benefits of Integrated Mitigation Approaches for Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants

(5) Understanding and Quantifying Transportation Sector Emissions in Canada

If you have a project that fits with any of the themes above, please consider submitting an SOI. Please also note that this is a two-stage application process, beginning with a Letter of Intent and followed by an invitation-only full proposal stage.

If you are interested in applying, please submit an SOI by April 28. If you have any questions, please contact the Funding and Grants Coordinator at max.smith@trca.ca.