It's time to apply!
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is soliciting proposals from both government and non-government entities through several formal funding opportunity announcements beginning June 20th and remaining open through September 19th at 5pm MT.
The Primary Announcement is seeking proposals focused on:
Task Statement I - Accelerating science to action in fire-prone ecosystems: Spurring innovation in adaptation through knowledge exchange and place-based partnerships
The objective of this task statement is to strengthen partnerships among scientists, practitioners, managers, and other interested parties to accelerate the identification and adoption of science-based management strategies that facilitate adaptation to changing fire regimes.
Task Statement II - Cultural burning: science gap assessment and relevance to wildfire resilience and risk
The objective of this task statement is to conduct a comprehensive science gap assessment of cultural burning relative to ecosystem resilience and risk reduction.
Task Statement III – Interactions between invasive plants and fire regimes and incorporation into wildland fire fuel models, risk assessments, and other decision support tools
The objective of this task statement is to increase knowledge of the interactions between various invasive plant species and fire regimes and to incorporate new knowledge of invasive species into wildland fire fuel models, risk assessments, and other decision support tools.
Task Statement IV - Social equity and wildland fire impacts, mitigation, response, and recovery
This task statement has two objectives:
To better understand a broad range of direct and indirect wildfire impacts borne by different sectors of society, the spatial scale and time horizons over which these impacts occur, and factors that influence the ability of individuals and communities to prepare for, respond to, and recovery from wildfire.
To better understand a broad range of societal impacts and outcomes of social science research in the context of social equity and wildfire impacts, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) Award
The JFSP will continue awarding the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) program for current master and doctoral students enrolled at colleges or universities within the US in the field of wildland fire and related physical, biological, and social sciences. Proposals must be directly related to the mission and goals of JFSP to be considered, and they must address management- or policy-related questions related to one or more of the following general topic areas: fuels management and fire behavior, changing fire behavior, emissions and air quality, fire effects and post-fire recovery, relative impacts of prescribed fire versus wildfire, or human dimensions of fire.
Regional Fire Science Exchange
The objective of this task statement is to solicit proposals to lead and execute a particular regional fire science exchange for a period of three years. The JFSP funds and provides oversight to a national collaborative of 15 regional wildland fire science exchanges: the Fire Science Exchange Network (FSEN). The FSEN provides the most relevant, current wildland fire science information to federal, state, local, tribal, and private stakeholders within ecologically similar regions. The FSEN brings fire, fuel, natural resource, and land managers, practitioners, and scientists together to address regional wildland fire management needs and challenges.
This solicitation is seeking individual proposals (i.e., each proposal must be specific to one region) for the following five regions of the FSEN: Alaska, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest and Pacific.
For those involved in wildland fire science, please consider applying to advance important research and support sound decision-making on the ground.
Please contact BLM_FA_JFSP@blm.gov if you have any questions.
