Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund
Funds climate and sustainability innovations at Harvard that move from research insight to prototype and impact.
The Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund is Harvard Office of Technology Development’s climate-focused translational program, supporting research that can move toward startup formation. It sits under Harvard OTD’s internal accelerator portfolio and is aimed at Harvard principal investigators whose work in climate and sustainability has a clear path beyond the lab. The fund offers up to $100,000 per project and uses an annual cycle. Eligibility is restricted to Harvard PIs, with the focus spanning applied sciences, physical sciences, environmental sciences, computer sciences, and engineering when the work is tied to climate and sustainability. The current status is between cycles, which means the program is not in an open deadline window at the moment but remains active as part of Harvard’s translational support structure. This is the right fit for researchers who can connect a climate problem to a startup-relevant development plan. The program is most compelling when the proposal shows how a technical result can be reduced into something that can be tested, adopted, or commercialized. Because it is framed as translational support, the strongest applications tend to be specific about the use case, the development step being funded, and the reason that Harvard-based seed support is the right next move.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.