Innovation Seed Grants
Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time, and as one of the world’s premier universities with a suite of strengths all our own, Penn is uniquely positioned to not only define the contours of the problem but also to provide the solutions that the world desperately needs.
Climate solutions developed at Penn, powered by Penn Climate
From our world-class health system and global policy centers, to our innovations in materials and design, to our labs capturing carbon in rock and growing climate resilient plants – to identify just a few – Penn is poised to become the place that practitioners, academics, and everyday citizens look to for climate solutions.
The Penn Climate Innovation Seed Grant initiative acts as an internal catalyst, supporting new faculty-led efforts, fostering creativity and collaboration to position Penn at the forefront of emerging climate priorities.
This is an open call for proposals for a Climate Solutions Hub Innovation Seed Grant, which will fund up to two $400,000, multidisciplinary, research-focused projects to create climate solutions by leveraging Penn’s existing strengths. These seed grants will engender creativity and collaboration across Penn and support initiatives that are poised to launch into longer-term, sustainable efforts. (Applications are closed for 2026)