Discovery Awards
The Johns Hopkins University’s Discovery Awards Program provides grant awards to cross-divisional teams from at least two schools or affiliates of the university, who are poised to arrive at important discoveries or creative works. This year, the Institute for Planetary Health is thrilled to partner with JHU’s Discovery Awards Program in providing an additional $50,000 in funding for an award that addresses Planetary Health challenges and solutions (Discovery proposals may request up to $175,000). The Discovery Awards’ Planetary Health track offers an exciting opportunity to catalyze new, synergistic research and advance critical solutions that address the degradation of Earth’s natural systems and its impacts on human health and well-being.
Applications for the 2026 cycle are now open—the deadline to apply is February 15, 2026.
Nexus Awards
The Johns Hopkins University’s Nexus Award Program offers funding to any academic and professional discipline to support convening, research, and teaching anchored at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center. Beginning in 2024, Johns Hopkins University’s Nexus Awards’ Planetary Health track began providing an additional $15,000 funding for convening and research proposals that address Planetary Health challenges and solutions (i.e. Convening proposals may request up to $115,000 and Research proposals may request up to $315,000). Explore 2025 Planetary Health Nexus Awardees.
Applications for the 2026 cycle are now open—the deadline to apply is February 13, 2026.