Opportunity Information: Apply for FA NOFO0025 002
The BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Primary Announcement (4 task statements) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity focused on applied wildland fire science that can directly inform real-world management of fuels, fire behavior, and post-fire ecosystems. The JFSP itself is a long-running interagency partnership built around the practical research needs of federal fire and land management agencies. It brings together the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and multiple Department of the Interior (DOI) organizations, specifically the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey, with additional DOI representation through the Office of Wildland Fire. The core idea is to fund research and science delivery efforts that help these agencies (and their state, local, tribal, academic, and nonprofit partners) make better decisions about managing wildland fuels and fire, and about recovering or sustaining ecosystems affected by fire.
This opportunity is issued by the Bureau of Land Management and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement generally signals that the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the period of performance, which can include coordination, data-sharing expectations, iterative technical input, or structured collaboration with agency staff and end users. The funding activity category is Environment, and the listed CFDA number is 15.232. While the announcement title notes "4 task statements," the text provided here does not include the specific task statement details, but the framing makes clear that proposals are expected to align with JFSP priorities around wildland fuels management, fire operations and impacts, and fire-affected ecosystems, with an emphasis on producing actionable knowledge and usable products for managers.
A key practical point is that proposals must be submitted through the JFSP electronic submission system hosted on the program website (https://www.firescience.gov). Submissions through Grants.gov are not allowed for this opportunity. The deadline is strict: proposals must be submitted by September 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, and the notice states there are no exceptions to the closing date and time. The announcement also stresses that proposals must comply with all requirements laid out in the NOFO, with particular emphasis on the requirements referenced as being in Section V. Any proposal that fails to meet all stated requirements will not move forward for funding consideration, so compliance and formatting are not optional details here but a gatekeeping step.
The applicant pool is broad and includes many common research and public-interest entities. Eligible applicants include county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and independent school districts, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Tribal eligibility is also explicitly included, covering federally recognized Native American tribal governments as well as other Native American tribal organizations. Housing authorities (including Indian housing authorities) are eligible, and so are nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status, so long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit category. This wide eligibility signals that JFSP is open to teams that combine academic research capacity with implementation partners and community-based or place-based organizations, which often improves the relevance and uptake of the work.
On the funding side, the listed award ceiling is $6,000,000, indicating the program can support sizable projects or portfolios under this announcement. The number of expected awards is not specified in the source data provided, which means prospective applicants should not assume a particular competitiveness level from that field alone. The opportunity was created on June 20, 2024, and the source data also lists an "OriginalClosingDate" of September 19, 2024, while the narrative description emphasizes September 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. MT. Because the narrative contains the most explicit instruction and includes the time-of-day requirement, applicants would be wise to verify the controlling deadline directly on the official JFSP posting and plan to submit early to avoid any last-minute system or validation issues.
Overall, this NOFO is best read as a targeted call for science and science delivery that can be used by fire and land managers across federal, tribal, state, and local contexts. The program structure and interagency sponsorship are designed to ensure the work is not purely academic, but connected to operational decision-making and management outcomes, especially where fuels treatments, wildfire response and preparedness, and post-fire ecological and resource challenges intersect. For further context, priorities, and the submission portal, the announcement directs prospective applicants to the JFSP website at https://www.firescience.gov, which is also the required submission route for meeting the deadline and complying with all proposal requirements.Apply for FA NOFO0025 002
- The Bureau of Land Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Primary Announcement (4 task statements)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.232.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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