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Eligible: Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies, Tribes

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Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education

The Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) program invites innovative multidisciplinary and multisector investigations focused on convergent research and education activities in wildland fire. Projects developed by a wide array of groups including, for example, academics, educators, scientists, community members, students, industry partners, practitioners, resource managers, and Tribal representatives, working together to generate new knowledge of the interactions among biological, social, geoscientific, and engineering processes encompassing multiple fields, scales, and perspectives on wildland fire are encouraged.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Grant

    • Title

      Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Award Range

    • Cost Share

      No

  • Topics

    Hazard & Emergency Management
    Resilience

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Education, Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies, Tribes

    • Sector

      Hazard & Emergency Management, Resilience

    • Activity

      Research & Development

    • Eligibility

      Eligible Entities

      • U.S. institutions of higher education
      • U.S. nonprofit, non-academic organizations (e.g., independent research institutes, museums, nonprofit labs, etc.)
      • Other U.S. research‑performing organizations, such as state, local, and Tribal research units

      Eligible Activities

      FIRE proposals should demonstrate strengths in one or more of the following areas:

      (1) new advances in data collection, storage, and sharing relevant to wildland fire dynamics, including Earth observations;
      (2) new modeling and computational approaches to understand wildland fire (including artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches);
      (3) new understanding of the cross-scale interactions of wildland fire across local, regional and global extents;
      (4) new insights into community adaptation and governance relevant to wildland fire;
      (5) new approaches to reduce the vulnerability of built infrastructure, natural fuels, and social systems to wildland fire;
      (6) engagement of a variety of community members and stakeholders to promote a forward-looking approach to wildland fire science.

    • Location

      National

  • Application Process

  • Important Dates

    • Application Close Date

      Apr 7, 2026

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