Funder: National Science Foundation
Due Dates: June 20, 2025 (Full proposals)
Funding Amounts: No specified ceiling; typical NSF research and conference awards; duration and size vary by project type.
Summary: Supports innovative, multidisciplinary research and education projects to advance understanding and mitigation of wildland fires through cross-sector collaboration and new scientific approaches.
Key Information: Open to a wide range of applicants; proposals must align with NSF-supported science, engineering, or education fields.
Description
The Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeks to transform our understanding and management of wildland fire through innovative, multidisciplinary, and multisector research and education activities. The program addresses the increasing complexity and impact of wildland fires by supporting projects that integrate biological, social, geoscientific, and engineering perspectives.
FIRE encourages proposals that:
- Advance data collection, storage, and sharing relevant to wildland fire dynamics (including Earth observations).
- Develop new modeling and computational approaches (including AI and machine learning) to understand wildland fire.
- Explore cross-scale interactions of wildland fire at local, regional, and global levels.
- Provide new insights into community adaptation and governance related to wildland fire.
- Propose approaches to reduce the vulnerability of built infrastructure, natural fuels, and social systems.
- Engage diverse community members and stakeholders to promote forward-looking wildland fire science.
The program supports both research and conference/networking proposals, with three main focus areas:
- FIRE-MODEL: Next-generation coupled fire models, predictive tools, and experimental/theoretical advances.
- FIRE-WUI: Enhancing fire resilience in the wildland-urban interface, including community adaptation, risk management, and infrastructure.
- FIRE-NET: Building collaborative networks to synthesize wildland fire science and develop new research or education directions.
Due Dates
- Full proposals: June 20, 2025
Funding Amount
- No explicit maximum or minimum award amount is specified.
- Funding levels and project durations are consistent with typical NSF research and conference/networking awards.
- The number of awards and total program funding are not predetermined; proposals should request budgets appropriate to the scope and scale of the project.
Eligibility
- Eligible applicants: Unrestricted; open to all types of entities, including:
- Academic institutions
- Nonprofits
- Industry partners
- Community organizations
- Tribal representatives
- Government agencies
- Projects must align with NSF-supported fields in science, engineering, or education.
- Multidisciplinary and multisector collaborations are strongly encouraged.
Application Process
- Proposals must be submitted via NSF FastLane, Research.gov, or Grants.gov.
- All proposals must follow the requirements in the current NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG).
- Proposals should clearly identify the relevant focus area(s) and demonstrate the project's potential for cross-cutting impact.
- Conference/networking proposals (FIRE-NET) should describe plans for building new collaborations and advancing knowledge exchange.
Additional Information
- No cost sharing or matching is required.
- Proposals are reviewed by NSF in consultation with partner organizations; copies of proposals and reviews may be shared with partners as appropriate.
- Awards are subject to NSF’s standard terms and conditions, including those updated as of October 1, 2024.
- For more details on award administration, see the NSF Award Conditions.
External Links
Contact Information
| Name/Role | Email | Phone | Directorate/Division |
|---|
| NSF FIRE Program Team | wildlandfire@nsf.gov | See below | Multiple (see below) |
Key Program Directors:
- Harsha Chelliah (ENG/CBET): (703) 292-7281
- Thomas Evans (SBE/BCS): (703) 292-4891
- Yih-Fang Huang (ENG/ECCS): (703) 292-8126
- John E. Kolassa (MPS/DMS): (703) 292-4733
- Douglas E. Kowalewski (GEO/OAD): (703) 292-2181
- Kristin E. Kuyuk (OD/OISE): (703) 292-4904
- Daan Liang (ENG/CMMI): (703) 292-2441
- Christopher S. Lowry (GEO/EAR): (703) 292-8825
- Kendra McLauchlan (BIO/DEB): (703) 292-2217
- Lina C. Patino (GEO/RISE): (703) 292-5047
- Joy M. Pauschke (ENG/CMMI): (703) 292-7024
- Keith Reinhardt (BIO/IOS): (703) 292-4854
- Vishal Sharma (CISE/CNS): (703) 292-8950
- Regina Sievert (EDU/EES): (703) 292-2808
- Marc Stieglitz (GEO/OPP): (703) 292-4354
- Danielle F. Sumy (TIP/ITE): (703) 292-4217
- Lynn Tran (EDU/DRL): (703) 292-2141
- Wen-Wen Tung (CISE/OAC): (703) 292-8386
- Jason B. West (BIO/DEB): (703) 292-7410
- David Wilmouth (GEO/AGS): (703) 292-2220
- Lori A. Ziolkowski (TIP/ITE): (703) 292-8133
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