Funding Opportunity From Joint Fire Science Program

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is soliciting start-up proposals to support regional consortia of fire science providers and managers to enhance fire science delivery and adoption. The JFSP hopes to develop a national network of regional consortia, each operating as a willing and formal association working together to enhance fire science delivery and adoption within a specified geographic region. The intent of the current solicitation is to support initial planning and an assessment of management needs for selected consortia. For consortia funded under this solicitation, the desired outcome is a full proposal for a two-year operating period.

Proposals for JFSP Request for Applications (RFA) 2009-4 will be accepted until 5 p.m. MDT on July 10th. They must be submitted by  using the electronic submission process provided on the JFSP website. There will be no exceptions to this closing date.

Proposals should not be submitted in Grants.gov.

JFSP expects to make from two to ten awards. An estimated $500,000 to $1,000,000 will likely be available for projects. There is no ceiling for individual award amounts.

Complete information can be found at www.firescience.gov.

Questions or problems can be addressed to timothy_swedberg@nifc.blm.gov