The Bureau of Land Management, through the U.S. Wildland Fire Service Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP), is accepting proposals under FA-NOFO0027-002, Joint Fire Science Program Primary Announcement. The program funds applied research that directly supports wildland fire management, policy, and decision making.
Application Deadline
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM Mountain Time. Proposals must be submitted through the JFSP electronic submission process at firescience.gov. The federal notice states that proposals cannot be submitted through Grants.gov and that no exceptions to the closing date or time are allowed.
Funding
JFSP lists $4,000,000 in total program funding, approximately 10 expected awards, an award floor of $300,000, and an award ceiling of $500,000. No cost sharing or matching is required.
Eligibility
Eligible applicant types include qualifying nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, Native American Tribal organizations other than federally recognized Tribal governments, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, city or township governments, special district governments, public and Indian housing authorities, county governments, state governments, and federally recognized Tribal governments.
Program Focus
The current announcement includes task areas addressing changing wildfire regimes and their consequences as well as prescribed-fire and wildfire smoke emissions, air quality, exposure, and practical mitigation. These topics can intersect with community resilience, public health, emergency management, environmental monitoring, and land-management priorities.
Submission Requirements
Applicants should review the full JFSP task statements and proposal requirements at firescience.gov before preparing a submission. Projects must respond directly to the defined task requirements and demonstrate management or policy relevance to the wildland-fire community.
Atlas Fit
This opportunity has meaningful fit for eligible colleges and universities, public agencies, Tribal governments and organizations, and nonprofits with credible wildland-fire research capacity. The smoke and air-quality task also creates potential relevance for public-health and resilience partners. Because the deadline is already inside Atlas’s 48-hour cutoff, this opportunity is published for accurate federal coverage and deadline monitoring only; no new applicant outreach should be initiated. Dr. Miltie is not a natural direct prime for the research-centered requirements unless a legitimate nonduplicative vendor role is independently established.