Project Grant 2536490
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $313,749 to Mississippi State University to investigate the impacts of rapid shifts between extreme wet and dry weather on fuel loading and wildfire risk in the Southeast United States. The project will characterize the hydroclimatic events driving these moisture extremes, model their relationship to observed wildfires, and conduct field experiments to understand fuel drying and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $430,171 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop a new predictive modeling framework that incorporates canopy biomechanics, aerodynamics, and fire-atmosphere interactions to better understand and predict wildfire behavior in forested areas. The research team will use multi-physics modeling and controlled laboratory experiments to simulate how flexible trees interact with wind and...
- 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 $2,496,689 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will establish the FIRE-NET network to develop a new framework for "fast fire risk" across the western United States. The goal is to better understand and predict the growing threat of fast-moving wildfires that have become more frequent and destructive in recent years. The project will leverage expertise across multiple disciplines to create advanced data modeling and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a $999,457 research project at Vanderbilt University from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029. The project, titled "RAISE: Establishing Wildfire-Resilient Communities," aims to improve models of wildfire behavior and risk at multiple scales - from the global to the individual building level. The research will link wildfire propagation models to better understand how wildfires spread...
- This $297,813 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research to advance the predictive understanding of wildfire ignitions in the western United States. The project establishes new collaborations between Boise State University, the Universities Space Research Association, and NASA Ames Research Center to analyze the biophysical, social, and management factors associated with different wildfire ignition...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support development of a closed-loop sensing, modeling, and communications system to aid in wildfire detection, mapping, and prediction from July 2022 through June 2025. The system aims to leverage detailed 3D environmental models incorporating fuel, terrain, weather and other...
- This $3,999,959 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support research at Boise State University to advance the use of prescribed fire and managed wildfires for wildfire mitigation in the western United States. The project will generate novel insights into the multi-dimensional socio-environmental impacts of managed fires, integrating advanced statistical methods, machine learning, and ecosystem modeling. It will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $606,882 to Florida State University (FSU) to develop and validate a new predictive modeling framework that incorporates canopy biomechanics, aerodynamics, and fire-atmosphere interactions to better understand and predict wildfire behavior in forested areas. The research aims to capture the dynamic motion of real tree canopies and their effects on fire spread, addressing limitations...
- This $370,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville to improve understanding of wildfire behavior in heterogeneous fuel mixtures from July 2022 to June 2025. The research aims to identify key physical and chemical processes controlling ignition and spread of fire in mixtures of living and dead fuels through controlled experiments and computational simulations. Lasers and other...
This $1,481,250 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a collaborative research project at North Carolina State University (NC State) to investigate the impacts of rapid shifts between extreme wet and dry weather conditions on fuel loading and wildfire risk in the Southeast United States. The project will characterize these hydroclimatic events and their relationship to observed wildfires, conduct field experiments to simulate fuel drying after disturbances, and use modeling to produce scenarios of fire spread and severity. The research aims to co-develop and test fire-adaptive management policies with stakeholders to reduce wildfire risk and improve safety in rural and wildland-urban interface communities. The project will also train two graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow to address these complex challenges and continue advancing the science of wildfires in humid forest regions. The award period is from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.5m | 8/28/25 |