Funder: Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $30,000 USD
Summary: Supports landscape analysis and hazard quantification examining how climate change and climate adaptations affect built-environment fire hazards and engineering design.
Key Information: Teams must include climate science expertise or define clear collaboration with climate science experts.
Description
The SFPE Foundation, with support from its Grand Challenges Initiative Climate Change Working Group, funds research on how changing climate conditions affect fire protection engineering. This call supports Project 1 of a planned two-project effort: a landscape analysis of existing research and systematic assessment and quantification of evolving fire hazards relevant to the built environment. The analysis examines design principles, methodologies, underlying assumptions, and potential cascading impacts.
Research should consider both climate factors, such as higher temperatures, prolonged droughts, and higher winds, and climate adaptations, such as electrification and green facades. The program seeks broad geographic coverage and work extending beyond wildland and wildland-urban interface fires. Findings will inform a future project on engineering frameworks and design integration, while identifying priorities for further research and education.
