ECF's Working Groups and Postdoctoral Fellowships are aimed at advancing innovative, transdisciplinary research that advances climate solutions, broadly defined, driven by stakeholder needs and priorities, with a focus on under-resourced and historically marginalized groups. Researchers and experts from community organizations, government, and/or industry co-create climate research projects that advance the creation of equitable solutions.  

The first cohort of ECF’s Working Groups was awarded in 2025 and marked a key step in advancing community-driven, interdisciplinary climate research at Brown.

As the new cohort begins, ECF's first four working groups, awarded in 2025, are continuing their work as they move into their second year of funding. Through its newly awarded research, ECF continues its efforts to bring researchers, policymakers, and community leaders together to co-create just and practical responses to climate change.