Wellcome Awards $6.8 Million to Build Data Workforce for Climate and Health - data.org

"Today, data.org, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, announced $6.8 million USD in funding from Wellcome in support of the data.org-led Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN). The funding will be split amongst the three partners and aims to foster global data talent for climate and health impact.   With this grant, data.org will work with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and J-PAL South Asia to establish new accelerators in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. The accelerators will equip emerging data professionals with the interdisciplinary skills needed to work at the intersection of climate and health to tackle society’s greatest challenges and improve lives across the world...."