U.S Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement
Funds a two-year cooperative agreement to lead and operate a region-specific wildland fire science exchange in one of nine named U.S. regions.
⚑ Application must be for exactly one specified region; separate proposal required per region. · Submit only through the JFSP website; not through Grants.gov. · Deadline is fixed with no exceptions. · Award instrument is a cooperative agreement.
This is a technical-assistance / regional exchange role in wildland fire science, so it is adjacent to the team’s emergency-disaster and climate-risk communication work rather than a core research line. The closest fits are members who study hazard communication, warning response, and wildfire-smoke / fire-society issues, but the opportunity is more outreach and convening than the survey/evaluation research this team typically leads.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-08
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topics: environment, climate_weather, emergency_disaster_resilience (primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: substantial; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The U.S. Wildland Fire Service Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is seeking to solicit proposals to lead and execute regional fire science exchanges in specific regions for a period of two years. Proposals are requested for the following nine regions of the FSEN: Alaska, Appalachians, Great Basin, North Atlantic, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Oak Woodlands, Pacific Islands and Southwest. Individual proposals (i.e., each proposal must be specific to one region) are requested to lead and execute a regional fire science exchange in the requested specific regions for a period of two years.
Please consult the JFSP database for the specific requirements on each individual task statement, https://www.firescience.gov/
All proposals must be submitted by September 17, 2026, 5:00 pm MT , using the electronic submission process provided by the JFSP website (https://www.firescience.gov).
Proposals cannot be submitted through Grants.gov. No exceptions are allowed to this closing date or time.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Patricia Glass Grantor <pglass@blm.gov>
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