BLM National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement (One Task Statement) | L19AS00004

Opportunity Information: Apply for L19AS00004

The BLM National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement (One Task Statement), Funding Opportunity Number L19AS00004, is a discretionary federal funding opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. It was released on March 13, 2019, with an original application deadline of May 16, 2019. The funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which generally means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the period of performance, such as coordination, technical participation, or shared responsibilities in delivering the project outcomes.

The main purpose of the opportunity is to strengthen the connection between wildland fire science and the real-world decisions faced by land management agencies and other stakeholders. In practical terms, this program is aimed at prioritizing and supporting sound scientific work that helps address persistent and emerging issues associated with wildland fire. Rather than funding broad, open-ended research topics, the announcement emphasizes that current science delivery priorities are laid out as a specific task statement within the Funding Opportunity Announcement. That structure signals a targeted solicitation, where applicants are expected to align their proposed work directly with the identified priority needs and demonstrate how their effort will deliver usable science products, findings, or decision-support benefits relevant to wildland fire management.

This opportunity sits within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category and is associated with CFDA number 15.232. That classification indicates the work is intended to advance applied knowledge and deliver practical research and technology outcomes related to wildland fire, fuels, and land management challenges, often with an emphasis on transferring or translating scientific results so they can be implemented by practitioners. The “Regional Fire Science Exchange” framing points to a focus on science delivery and knowledge exchange at a regional scale, such as synthesizing research, communicating findings to managers, facilitating collaboration across agencies, and helping ensure that the best available science is incorporated into planning and operational decision-making.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition is open to any type of entity, including organizations such as universities, nonprofits, tribal governments, state and local governments, private entities, and others, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications provided in the full FOA text. The award structure indicates an award ceiling of $400,000 and an expectation of two awards. That suggests the program anticipated making a small number of relatively substantial cooperative agreements, likely to support well-defined projects that can deliver regionally relevant fire science exchange outcomes consistent with the single task statement approach described in the announcement.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a targeted JFSP solicitation designed to support wildland fire-related scientific efforts that are immediately useful to land managers and stakeholders, with an emphasis on credible science, clear prioritization of agency needs, and structured delivery of science information in ways that improve decisions around wildland fire preparedness, response, mitigation, and long-term landscape management.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement (One Task Statement)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.232.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 16, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

Apply for L19AS00004

[Watch] Creating a grant proposal using the step-by-step wizard inside the applicant portal: