Project Grant 2530245
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) will support field research to collect, archive, and characterize residual ash, transported ash, and particulate matter from the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. The research aims to quantify the concentration and speciation of toxic elements in airborne particulate matter collected during and following the fires. Key...
- This $1,059,167 federal project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop improved understanding and models of fire spread, including small-scale to large-scale interactions, in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is conducting this 3-year research effort, which started on September 1, 2025 and will conclude on August 31, 2028. The key objectives of the project are to: (I) develop a...
- This $418,746 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Portland State University will study the accumulation, chemical transformation, and human exposure risks of wildfire smoke constituents on indoor surfaces. The project aims to: 1) quantify the accumulation and post-event emission dynamics of organic compounds from wildfire smoke on indoor materials, 2) elucidate the chemical transformations of surface-bound polycyclic aromatic...
- This $390,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to improve the understanding and modeling of fire spread in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where forests and natural areas meet cities and towns. The key objectives are to: Develop a fundamental physical understanding of how fire interacts with individual structures and materials in urban environments at the local scale. Investigate how these localized interactions influence...
- This $126,709 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the "RAPID: RAPID ASSESSMENT OF AIR QUALITY DURING WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" research project conducted by Colorado State University (CSU). The project aims to sample and characterize air pollutants emitted from wildfires at the wildland-urban interface in the Los Angeles region, with the goal of informing disaster response policies, ecosystem...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $200,000 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to conduct a RAPID research project on the physicochemical assessment of nanoparticles and fly ash emitted from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires in Los Angeles. The project will characterize the unique physical and chemical properties of these wildfire-generated particulates, as well as their potential environmental and...
- This $389,332 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop improved computer models and simulation tools to better predict how wildfires spread in areas where forests and natural areas meet cities and towns, known as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The key objectives are to: 1) Gain a fundamental physical understanding of how fire interacts with individual structures and materials in urban environments at the local...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to enhance wildfire risk assessment in wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities through comprehensive data collection and high-fidelity fire spread modeling. The $196,639 award to the University of Maryland, College Park will fund the compilation of a detailed dataset documenting the impacts of the Maui wildfire, as well as an assessment of using advanced computational fluid dynamics...
- This $431,750 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) supports research to characterize the physicochemical properties and toxicological impacts of particulate matter (PM) generated from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires in Los Angeles. The two-year project conducted by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will: 1) Perform detailed physicochemical analysis of PM0.1 and...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $137,592 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to investigate the impact of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires on volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in the Los Angeles area. The key objectives are to: (1) measure VOC composition during and after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, and (2) develop an understanding of VOC persistence in indoor spaces following a...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $410,000.00 and awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support research conducted by San Diego State University Foundation to characterize the toxic emissions, environmental concentrations, and exposure risks associated with wildfires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The project aims to identify and quantify the pollutants released when materials typical of WUI environments (e.g., plastics, electronics, furnishings) burn, and understand how these pollutants move through homes, settle on surfaces, and become airborne again. The research will involve controlled laboratory burns and air sampling from homes affected by the 2025 Los Angeles fires. The findings will improve the understanding of indoor air quality after a WUI fire and help guide safer clean-up and reoccupation strategies. This research addresses critical gaps in knowledge about the chemical emissions and exposure risks created by WUI fires, which have increased in frequency and severity in recent years.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $410.0k | 7/21/25 |