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Gulf Health and Resilience Board

The Gulf Health and Resilience Board (GHRB) provides oversight of the GRP’s portfolio of applied research and community-based programming at the intersection of climate adaptation, disaster resilience, and human health. The GHRB seeks to identify and address key regional priorities through strategic partnerships and inter-disciplinary approaches that leverage the scientific evidence base for action and build capacity for sustained effort.

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Funding Opportunity: Evidence to Action

Grant/Contract Program In Review

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to increase the impact of its work by transforming results and insights (evidence) from previous GRP gr...

Adaptive Capacities for Transformation (ACT) Initiative: Houston

Grant/Contract Program Awarded January 20, 2026

The Adaptive Capacities for Transformation Initiative (ACT): Houston is a multi-phase effort that seeks to build the capacity of communities in Houston to collaborate on shared disaster-related priori...

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Adaptive Capacities for Transformation (ACT) Initiative: Mobile

Grant/Contract Program Awarded January 20, 2026

The Adaptive Capacities for Transformation Initiative (ACT): Mobile is a multi-phase effort that seeks to build the capacity of communities in Mobile to collaborate on shared disaster-related prioriti...

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Adaptive Capacities for Transformation (ACT) Initiative: New Orleans

Grant/Contract Program Awarded January 20, 2026

The Adaptive Capacities for Transformation Initiative (ACT): New Orleans is a multi-phase effort that seeks to build the capacity of communities in New Orleans to collaborate on shared disaster-relate...

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Funding Opportunity: Building the Next Generation of STEMM Leaders in the Field of Environmental Justice

Grant/Contract Program In Formation

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking proposals from nonprofit and community based organizations with 501(c)(3) status that have existing environmental justice (EJ) programs to cultivate the next...

Community-Driven Green Infrastructure

Grant/Contract Program In Progress

Led by Texas A&M University and West Street Recovery, the Community-Driven Green Infrastructure project connects community members with researchers and planners to collect and interpret environmental...

Funding Opportunity: Empowering the Next Generation of Community Resilience Leaders

Grant/Contract Program In Progress

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking proposals for youth leadership training programs that equip youth (ages 15-24) with the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to build resilience to cli...

Funding Opportunity: Engaging Communities to Design Nature-based Solutions to Mitigate Climate-related Hazards

Grant/Contract Program In Progress

The Gulf Research Program is seeking proposals from U.S. academic institutions or nonprofit research organizations to partner with local or tribal governments in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region or Sout...

Funding Opportunity: Gulf Mental Health

Grant/Contract Program In Progress

Cycle 2: Understanding Risk Factors Contributing to Climate-Induced Mental Health Impacts The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to enhance t...

Funding Opportunity: Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Environmental Hazards in Overburdened Communities

Grant/Contract Program In Progress

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is accepting applications from academic and research institutions for projects that develop or augment models of the potential impacts of multiple, interacting climate...

Community Foundation Resilience Network

Grant/Contract Program Completed

In 2025, GRP funded a planning grant for community foundations in three regional hubs to establish the Gulf Community Foundation Resilience Network. This Network will formulate a regional strategy tha...

Funding Opportunity: Bridging Knowledge to Action - Using Data to Develop Equitable Outcomes or Solutions to Climate Hazards and Other Disasters

Grant/Contract Program Completed

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is developing new programming around health and community resilience that prioritizes the needs and challenges of communities that are disproportionately at risk from c...

Funding Opportunity: Improving Public Health Data Systems to Address Health Equity Challenges for At-Risk Communities in the U.S. Gulf Coast

Grant/Contract Program Completed

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) are partnering to advance health equity in at-risk communities located in the coastal region of the US Gulf of Mexico. Towards...

Funding Opportunity: Innovative Community Engagement Methods

Grant/Contract Program Completed

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking proposals from nonprofits and community based organizations (CBOs) with 501(c)(3) status that explore innovative methods or approaches to engage communities...

Funding Opportunity: Strengthening Partnerships and Engaging Networks - Leveraging Communities of Practice to Build Equity into Local Efforts

Grant/Contract Program Completed

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is currently funding projects from Communities of Practice (CoP) that work in the area of climate adaptation or disaster resilience to build the knowledge base and capa...

Thriving Communities Grants

Grant/Contract Program Completed

Natural disasters, climate change impacts, and other stressors, such as those related to offshore oil and gas operations, present complex challenges to the health and well-being of coastal communities...

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