# RESEARCH To understand the impact of climate on the broader ecosystem, ClimeCheck DAO will fund and promote research in different areas: * [Air Quality](https://www.epa.gov/air-research/air-quality-and-climate-change-research) * [Ecosystems](https://www.epa.gov/climate-research/ecosystems-and-climate-change-research) * [Energy Production](https://www.epa.gov/climate-research/energy-and-climate-change-research) * [Human Health](https://www.epa.gov/climate-research/human-health-and-climate-change-research) * [Wildland Fires](https://www.epa.gov/air-research/wildland-fire-research-protect-health-and-environment) The research grant will focus on reproducible research The community will be providing retroactive funding for reproducible research. An elected council will decide on research funding through proposal reviews. Community members that actively participated in the research process will earn IP-NFT from the output of that research. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://climecheck.gitbook.io/climecheck/ecosysten/research.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.