Applicant and Grantee Resources
The Forest Health Research Grant Program FY 2024-25 solicitation is now open. Brief concept proposals are due November 14th at 3 PM PST.
The Forest Health Research Program is a grant program coordinated by CAL FIRE’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program. The FY 2024-25 solicitation is open for concept proposals until November 14th, 2024. The Research Program intends to award $4 million in research funds.
Applicant Resources
- Forest Health Research Grant Guidelines
- Forest Health Research Grant Application
- eCivis Grants Portal Log-in
- Project workbook
- Model agreement template information for UC and CSU
- Supplemental Budget Narrative
- Nondiscrimination Compliance Statement (Std. 19)
- Drug-Free Workplace Certification (Std. 21)
- Payee Data Record (Std. 204)
- Project Treatment GIS Sample
Forest Health Research staff will host a webinar with Q+A and weekly office hours for prospective applicants. Webinar and office hour times and information can be found here.
For questions or concerns related to the Forest Health Research Program, please contact FHResearch@fire.ca.gov.
Please visit California's grants portal for this and other opportunities: https://grants.ca.gov
A portion of the funds being are made available through California Climate Investments.
Topics are numbered for reference, but not ranked in terms of priority. Research proposed under this solicitation must address one or more of these priority topics. Research projects should be focused on and relevant to California ecosystems and their management.
1) Recovery, restoration, regeneration and reforestation strategies following wildfires and other disturbances in an altered future climate.
2) Implementation, effectiveness, impacts, and tradeoffs of current and alternative management strategies to reduce unwanted wildfire impacts to communities, improve hydrologic functions including water quality and supply, improve air quality, sustain and promote biodiversity, mitigate impacts of pests, pathogens, and invasive species.
3) Methods of ecological monitoring to continually evaluate effectiveness, impacts and benefits of vegetation treatments at various scales.
4) Community resilience to wildfires and other ecological disturbances under current and future climate conditions.
5) Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and tribal forest and fire management, especially research by tribal organizations or indigenous researchers.
6) Forest products and utilization of forest residues related to fuel reduction and forest health treatments.
7) Improved prediction of wildland fire spread, behavior, severity, and potential impacts, particularly under extreme weather conditions and/or within the wildland-urban interface.
In addition, the following special topics have been identified as priorities for the Research Program for FY 2024-25:
8) Improved methods and applications for conducting cost-benefit analysis related to forest restoration, fuel treatments and other forest health interventions.