Project Grant 2536830
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $411,021 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct collaborative research on grassland wildfires. The project aims to fill critical knowledge gaps around how grassland fuel structures vary across space and time, which is essential for evaluating effective methods to reduce wildfire risk in grassland systems. The research team will organize a collaborative network of...
- This Project Grant award, titled "FIRE-NET: FAST FIRE RISK ACROSS THE US WEST: CROSS-SECTOR SYNTHESIS TO ADVANCE DISCOVERY AND SOLUTIONS," is funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) in the amount of $2,496,689. The grant, awarded on January 1, 2026, will be executed by The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) in Boulder, CO to build a research network and develop a new framework for assessing "fast fire risk" across the western...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to gain predictive understanding of the physical processes driving rapid wildfire spread and associated smoke transport. The $108,519 award to the University of Oklahoma will support research to analyze non-modal instability and large-scale turbulent flows in fire-generated smoke plumes. This work will help guide firefighters to more safely and effectively suppress wildfires by improving...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $880,158 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Florida State University (FSU) to conduct collaborative research on predictive understanding of wildfire spotting and smoke transport within the atmospheric boundary layer. This 3-year project, starting on December 1, 2024, aims to gain a predictive understanding of the physical processes behind the rapid spread of wildfires and associated smoke plumes. The research findings will...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $219,022 Project Grant under the Particulate and Multiphase Processes program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The primary objective of this 9-month project is to quantify the heat transfer from accumulated firebrands (embers) to recipient surfaces during wildfires, known as "firebrand showers" or "ember attacks." The project will leverage numerical simulations and experimental data to develop an...
- This Project Grant award of $2,246,892 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to advance a unified wildfire warning system for the U.S. The project, titled "FIRE-WUI: Predict, Warn, Protect: Advancing a Unified Wildfire Warning System for U.S. Public Safety and Resilience," aims to improve fire prediction, risk communication, and coordination among emergency agencies to help communities respond quickly to wildfire threats. Key...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $430,171.00 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop and validate a new predictive modeling framework that incorporates canopy biomechanics, aerodynamics, and fire-atmosphere interactions to better understand and model wildfire behavior, especially the transition from surface to crown fires. The research aims to create more realistic, science-based tools to help land managers...
- The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $407,536 Project Grant to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) to support the FIRESCAPE NEVADA project. The project aims to advance wildfire science and mitigation through the development and application of a high-resolution, coupled fire-atmosphere-urban modeling framework. Key objectives include quantifying ember transport, smoke injection heights, suppression effectiveness, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $606,882 to Florida State University to develop and validate a new predictive modeling framework that incorporates canopy biomechanics, aerodynamics, and fire-atmosphere interactions to better capture the dynamic motion of tree canopies and their effects on wildfire behavior. The research team will use multi-physics modeling and controlled laboratory experiments to simulate how flexible...
- This $389,332 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop improved understanding and predictive models of how wildfires spread in areas where forests and urban communities intersect, known as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The project objectives are to: (1) improve the physical understanding of how fire interacts with individual structures and materials in urban environments at a local scale; (2) investigate how these...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $1,305,489 Project Grant to the University of Colorado (CU) to develop a physics-based predictive capability for modeling firebrand generation, properties, and near-field transport. This highly interdisciplinary project aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of computational tools used to predict the spread and impact of large wildland fires. The research will span scales from meters (size of vegetation) to millimeters (combustion/pyrolysis) to better understand the complex physical, chemical, and mechanical processes underlying firebrand formation, a key driver of rapid fire spread. By enhancing the understanding of firebrand generation, the project seeks to enable more accurate simulations of fire behavior in both controlled and catastrophic settings. This 3-year award, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, leverages CU's extensive expertise in fluid mechanics, combustion, and computational modeling to advance the state-of-the-art in wildland fire science and predictive capabilities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.3m | 8/26/25 |