Project Grant 20226701936435
Award Date
2/1/22
Completion Date
1/31/26
Dollars Obligated
$650K
Federal Agency
Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment
Federal Grant Program
10.310
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Merced, CA 95344, USA
Similar Awards
This $293,829 federal project grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program is funding research to develop a system for documenting fire behavior in cultivated croplands. The goal is to identify which crops can be used as both food and firebreaks to mitigate wildfire risks in rural agricultural communities.
Researchers from the University of California, Merced will lead this 1-year project, with a...
This $180,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) supports research and extension services to assist rural agricultural communities in California facing increased wildfire risk. Funded under NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program, the award will support the University of California, Davis in conducting a statewide farmer survey, developing wildfire preparedness...
This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $103,133 to support research examining the relationship between climate and wildfires over long time periods. The University of New Mexico will analyze tree ring and sediment charcoal records to develop climate-fire models incorporating data from hundreds to thousands of years....
This $429,216 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) aims to investigate how previous managed wildfires influenced the extent, severity, and management tactics used on recent uncontrolled wildfires in the southern Sierra Nevada.
The project has six key objectives: (1) identify the environmental factors that led to recent wildfires either burning over or stopping at the boundaries of...
Under a $1,179,479 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is conducting research to understand the impact of fuel treatments on wildfire behavior and forest carbon storage. The key objectives are to: 1) Establish the importance of heterogeneous and multi-scale surface fuel attributes on fire characteristics like temperature, flame length, and...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $248,291 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program to support Indigenous-led climate adaptation strategies with the North Fork Mono Tribe. Over a two-year period ending in February 2024, the project will integrate Indigenous cultural burning practices with landscape monitoring to advance climate adaptation across jurisdictions. Deliverables include collaborative...
The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $225,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The two-year award running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025 will support research and capacity building to develop an effective framework for collaborative natural resource management between two California tribal nations and the USDA...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $199,574 to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) to coordinate a series of planning events focused on interconnecting indigenous and western knowledge systems to advance the science and application of fire in ways that respect tribal sovereignty.
The project will bring together the Karuk Tribe, Cal Poly Humboldt, and other partners to identify...
This $8,095,000 five-year (June 2025 - May 2030) Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will support research, education, and extension approaches to address the challenges of wildfire, forest health, and climate change in the Pacific Northwest region.
The key products and services to be delivered include:
Secondary data analysis to understand trends in forest restoration, fire...
This $650,000 Project Grant award from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research to quantify the effects of wildfire smoke and agricultural burning on farmworker labor and health outcomes. The project, led by the University of California, Davis and set to run from August 2024 to July 2027, will examine how these environmental hazards impact the sustainability and resilience of agricultural...