The Arizona Institute for Resilience's Heat Resilience Initiative addresses the global challenge of extreme heat by focusing on research, education, and outreach. The initiative supports and leverages heat research efforts across departments and disciplines at the University of Arizona, including the DOE-funded Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL), the NIHHIS-funded Center for Heat Resilient Communities, the NOAA-funded Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) rural heat resilience component, the CDC-funded Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE), the NIH-funded Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH). 

The initiative also works to develop future collaborative heat resilience research proposals with partners across the U of A campus, and provides undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students interested in the rapidly growing area of heat practice and scholarship with a dedicated space for learning about faculty, degrees, courses, and training opportunities at the university. Finally, the AIR Heat Resilience Initiative works with community partners in Arizona and beyond to address extreme heat challenges.