Global Challenges Teaching Award - Climate Action

The Global Challenges Teaching Award in Climate Action supports a pair of teaching faculty 鈥� one at a US higher education Institution (HEI) and one at a UK HEI 鈥� to collaboratively deliver a virtual exchange programme focused on climate change and climate action.

Climate change is rapidly shaping everyday life worldwide.

Do you teach an undergraduate class at a US or UK HEI that directly addresses climate change and explores action to combat its impact? Discover how this award can help expand the reach of your teaching by adapting one of your existing courses for co-teaching with an international counterpart.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 emphasizes the urgent need to combat the impacts of climate change. The catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis are evident globally, from wildfires to floods and storms, causing loss of life and livelihood. Global collaboration in education is critical to empower individuals to understand climate change and collaborate across borders to take action to protect our planet.

The Global Challenges Teaching Award - Climate Action provides a unique opportunity for faculty in the US and UK to co-develop and co-teach a virtual exchange programme that empowers students to address the challenges of climate change and climate action.

Applications are welcomed from teaching faculty in any discipline that aligns with the UN SDG 13 (Climate Action). Applications may also align with other climate and environment-focused SDGs, such as SDG 7, 11, 12, 14, and 15, but should include a focus on actions to address climate change.

Applicants should demonstrate how their proposed module addresses the challenges of climate change and climate action and empowers students to take action to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Priority topics

We are particularly interested in applications that explore:

Environmental resilience, including sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaption, climate science, and climate education
Climate innovation, including green energies, green technologies, and green economies
Activism and advocacy, including combatting climate anxiety, promoting climate action, and fostering environmental advocacy
Climate justice, including just transitions, and national and international policymaking for equitable climate solutions.

Eligibility requirements

To apply, you must:

Currently teach an undergraduate class that relates to climate action.
Have the support of your home institution to adapt and co-teach this course as a virtual exchange.

Please note: Rather than creating a new course from scratch, applicants will adapt an existing course they currently teach. Co-teaching with your US or UK counterpart will take place virtually.

Award benefits

A successful application will receive:

Honorarium: $7000/拢5510 for the awardee (faculty member). This can be spent however faculty see fit. The honorarium will be paid out in two payments.
Institutional support fee: $3000/拢2360 for the awardee鈥檚 higher education institution, payable upon completion of the professional development programme.
Travel funding: Up to $7500/拢5900 for the awardee and their institutional team to visit their partner institution in the US or UK.
Professional development and mentoring: Professional development and mentoring to support teaching faculty, instructional designer and academic administrators in developing their virtual exchange course and embedding COIL into their institutions.

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