Applications accepted until January 17, 2025 for collaborative community science on extreme heat
NOAA recently announced an opportunity to apply for the 2025 community science collaborations on extreme heat monitoring. Any U.S. community is eligible; rural communities, territories, and Tribal communities are especially encouraged to apply. Will you please help spread the news to anyone you think might be interested?
Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, selected communities will receive $10,000 and technical support to collect heat data in their community through community-led campaigns. According to the Director of the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring [CCHM], Max Cawley, “Local partnerships will shed light on how heat risk affects people on the ground in their communities and what can be done about it.”
The CCHM works directly with communities to co-create a heat monitoring plan tailored to community priorities. CCHM member CAPA Strategies, NOAA, and others have been collaborating for years to map heat islands in over 80 U.S. and international communities.
Applications for 2025 community science heat monitoring are open and will be accepted until January 17, 2025. [En Español]
We are happy to answer questions. Those who are interested can:
- Explore the CCHM website [En Español]
- Refer to the CCHM Application Technical Support Page to sign up for consultation via office hours
- Register for an information webinar on December 4 at 1pm Pacific Time with Program Director, Max Cawley and others
- Write info@collaborativeheatmonitoring.org to reach Program Manager, Ashton Merck
- Or contact Marcie Benne, NW Heat Monitoring Hub Co-facilitator, at 503-797-4612, mbenne@omsi.edu.
Contact Kevan Moffett, Kevan.moffett@wsu.edu, if you’re interested in what kinds of data and reports would result, what the scientific uses or limitations of those data may be or if you want to inquire what kinds of things might make a proposal successful.