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IDL Forestry & Fire Grant Program News

June 26, 2024

The Interagency Joint Fire Science Program announced its Fiscal Year 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for wildland fire research priorities. Nearly $11 million will be awarded across federal, state, Tribal and local governments, other Tribal entities, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private groups to advance wildland fire research and scientific exchange. The opportunity is supported by a combination of annually appropriated funds and the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Project Types

Primary Projects (average awards between $300,000 to $500,000)

• Accelerating science to action in fire-prone ecosystems: Spurring innovation in adaptation through knowledge exchange and place-based partnerships.
• Cultural burning: bridging conventional science gaps with Indigenous Knowledge and the relationship between cultural burning and wildfire resilience/risk
• Interactions between invasive plants and fire regimes and incorporation of invasives into wildland fire fuel models, risk assessments, and other decision support tools
• Social equity and wildland fire impacts, mitigation, response, and recovery.

Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) award ( Individual awards under this announcement are capped at $25,000)

Regional Fire Science Exchange: Alaska, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, and Pacific regions (average awards of $152,000 and $329,500 per year depending on the geographic area)

Eligible Applicants

State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district government, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities 

Match

Not required, but encouraged to show commitment.

Proposals Due

September 19, 2024, through https://www.firescience.gov

IDL Grant Support

Please reach out to Isabella Pritchard, Grant Project Coordinator for help finding funding opportunities that fit your project needs. 

ipritchard@idl.idaho.gov

208.676.6711 (o)

This program is funded in part by the USDA Forest Service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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