Who funds wildfire research?

We count 109 funded wildfire projects, active between 2022 and 2032, from 8 funders. The most came from NSF · GEO (26 projects), EU · MSCA (14 projects) and EU · ERC (9 projects). The median award is $706K, across the 108 of 109 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

109

Funders

8

Median award

$706K

Open calls now

2

Top funders of wildfire research

Projects whose title or summary mentions wildfire. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open wildfire funding calls

2 open calls mention wildfire today.

• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $375,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• EDA FY25 Disaster Supplemental
  Economic Development AdministrationUp to $50,000,000Deadline: Not listed

Funded wildfire projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• CAREER: Tracing hydrologic and biogeochemical consequences of multiple disturbances in mountain watersheds
  NSF · GEO · $888,026 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: GEER - Collecting and Archiving AI-ready Perishable Data for Geotechnical Engineering Natural Hazards Research
  NSF · ENG · $1,633,151 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A Computational Framework for Rare-Event Resilience Planning and Education in Infrastructure Systems
  NSF · ENG · $616,762 · ends 2031
• CONVERGE: Training for Participatory, Problem-Focused, Solutions-Based Natural Hazards Research to Reduce Disaster Risk
  NSF · ENG · $1,000,000 · ends 2031
• FIRE-WUI: Emerging Wildfire Hazards in High-Biomass Forests and Community Adaptation
  NSF · GEO · $2,995,072 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Understanding Soil Moisture Variability
  NSF · GEO · $1,182,557 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Transport of air pollutants between mid-latitudes and the polar regions: an 800-year perspective from a Russian Arctic ice-core record.
  NSF · Office of the Director · $780,358 · ends 2030
• Clean Air and Heat Relief: Evaluating Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health Outcomes Among Recipients of Oregon's Free AC and Air Filter Program
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,203,867 · ends 2030
• Long-term health effects of disasters on post acute care of patients with Alzheimers Dementia and other vulnerable groups
  NIH · NIA · $4,048,745 · ends 2030
• Wildfires and heatwaves: Chronic effects on development of autism
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,676,852 · ends 2030

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “wildfire or wildfires”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.