Spark Climate Solutions seeks proposals for laboratory studies, directly informed by the needs of the modeling community, to quantify key parameters relevant to chlorine-mediated methane removal pathways.

The research will be conducted in multiple phases, beginning with a short scoping effort (including both experimentalist and modeling expertise; up to $80,000), followed by multi-year, multi-institution laboratory chamber studies (up to $2 million), and potentially a third phase focused on global modeling. The proposal submission deadline for Phase I is March 9, 2026.

This scientific funding opportunity provides researchers with grants up to $300,000 per award to support research with transformative potential for advancing understanding of existing methane sinks and potential atmospheric methane removal approaches.

It’s designed to facilitate further scientific advances in atmospheric chemistry, biology, climate modeling, materials science, and sensor development, enabling more researchers to focus on these challenges.

This funding opportunity currently has two confirmed rounds. The submission deadlines are March 1, 2024 and June 2, 2024 for round one and round two, respectively. More rounds may be added in the future.