Opportunity Information: Apply for P16AS00223
Apply for P16AS00223
- The DOI-NPS in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Integration of strategic wildfire and fuel treatment analysis into national budget framework" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 08, 2016 and posted on Jun 08, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 17, 2016. (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 $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
This funding opportunity (P16AS00223) is a Notice of Intent from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (DOI-NPS), focused on improving how the federal government plans and justifies wildfire spending. The core goal is to keep integrating the STARFire system into the national wildland fire budgeting framework, building directly on results from earlier and ongoing related efforts (including projects CSUCP-145, CSUCP-147, and CSUCP-149). In practical terms, the work is about making wildfire budgeting more evidence-based by tying dollars to measurable risk reduction, program performance, and expected outcomes across landscapes.
STARFire itself is presented as a scalable, spatially explicit fire planning and budgeting tool that can be applied at multiple levels of decision-making, from local units to state-level planning to national budget discussions. What makes the tool distinctive in this announcement is its emphasis on combining fire behavior information with a broad set of values that agencies must protect or manage. That includes human life and safety, property and infrastructure, protection priorities, and ecosystem or "nature's services" values. By integrating these elements, the system is designed to move beyond simple cost accounting and toward a structured assessment of what is at risk, what actions change that risk, and what the return is on investments in suppression readiness and fuel treatments.
A major theme of the opportunity is accountability in wildfire decision-making. STARFire is described as supporting planners and managers by producing analyses that can be used to justify strategies and budgets, and to show the likely impact of budget changes. The announcement highlights four main capability areas that the investigators are expected to continue advancing within the budgeting framework. First, STARFire supports a planning-unit-wide risk assessment that spatially identifies values at risk and also identifies where fire could produce benefits, including an estimate of how much benefit could occur. Second, it helps locate and prioritize fuel treatments by targeting places where treatments would maximize "value added" and return on investment, rather than treating acres for their own sake. Third, it evaluates initial attack and preparedness budget options, including how dispatch locations and preparedness strategies can reduce risk and how those strategies interact with, or respond to, fuel treatment programs. Fourth, it provides a way to include smoke costs and smoke impacts as part of strategic planning, which addresses a real-world tradeoff that often gets treated separately from suppression and fuels planning.
Administratively, the opportunity is a discretionary award using a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates meaningful federal involvement or collaboration during the project rather than a hands-off grant. It falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and CFDA number 15.945. Eligibility is aimed at public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, with additional eligible applicants possible as indicated by the announcement's eligibility clarification text. The funding parameters are relatively focused: one expected award, with an award ceiling of $150,000. The posting and creation dates are June 8, 2016, and the closing date listed is June 17, 2016, indicating a short submission window consistent with a notice tied to ongoing work and continuity of prior projects rather than an open-ended new research competition.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as targeted support to mature and embed an existing analytical system into the way wildfire budgets are built and defended, emphasizing spatial risk analysis, cost-effectiveness, and transparent links between investments (fuel treatments and preparedness) and outcomes (risk reduction, performance, and impacts including smoke).
Funding Opportunity P16AS00223: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is funding opportunity P16AS00223?
P16AS00223 is a Notice of Intent from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (DOI-NPS) focused on improving how the federal government plans and justifies wildfire spending by continuing to integrate the STARFire system into the national wildland fire budgeting framework.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), National Park Service (NPS).
What is the main purpose of this award?
The main purpose is to mature and embed an existing analytical system (STARFire) into the way wildfire budgets are built and defended, making budgeting more evidence-based by linking spending to measurable risk reduction, program performance, and expected outcomes across landscapes.
What is STARFire in the context of this announcement?
STARFire is described as a scalable, spatially explicit fire planning and budgeting tool that can be used at multiple decision-making levels, from local units to state-level planning and national budget discussions. It combines fire behavior information with a broad set of values agencies must protect or manage.
What makes STARFire distinct in this opportunity?
This announcement emphasizes STARFire's ability to integrate fire behavior with multiple categories of values, including human life and safety, property and infrastructure, protection priorities, and ecosystem or "nature's services" values. The intent is to move beyond basic cost accounting and toward structured assessment of what is at risk and what investments change that risk.
How does this opportunity define "evidence-based" wildfire budgeting?
Evidence-based budgeting here means tying dollars to measurable risk reduction, program performance, and expected outcomes across landscapes, and using analyses that can justify strategies and budgets while showing likely impacts of budget changes.
Is this a new research competition or more of a continuation effort?
Based on the Notice of Intent format, the short submission window, and the explicit direction to build on earlier and ongoing related efforts, it is positioned as targeted support for continuity and integration work rather than an open-ended new research competition.
What prior or related efforts are referenced as the foundation for this work?
The announcement states that the work builds directly on results from earlier and ongoing related efforts, including projects CSUCP-145, CSUCP-147, and CSUCP-149.
What are the four main capability areas investigators are expected to advance?
The opportunity highlights four capability areas to continue advancing within the budgeting framework:
- Planning-unit-wide risk assessment: Spatial identification of values at risk and locations where fire could produce benefits, including an estimate of potential benefits.
- Fuel treatment prioritization: Locating and prioritizing treatments where they maximize "value added" and return on investment, rather than focusing on acres treated alone.
- Initial attack and preparedness budget evaluation: Evaluating options such as dispatch locations and preparedness strategies to reduce risk and understanding interactions with fuel treatment programs.
- Smoke cost and impact inclusion: Incorporating smoke costs and smoke impacts into strategic planning to address real-world tradeoffs alongside suppression and fuels planning.
What does the risk assessment capability include?
It includes a planning-unit-wide, spatially explicit assessment that identifies values at risk and also identifies where fire could produce benefits, along with an estimate of how much benefit could occur.
How does STARFire approach fuel treatment planning under this opportunity?
The focus is on targeting and prioritizing treatments in locations where they maximize "value added" and return on investment, shifting emphasis away from treating acres as the primary metric.
What does the announcement say about initial attack and preparedness budgeting?
STARFire is expected to evaluate initial attack and preparedness budget options, including how dispatch locations and preparedness strategies can reduce risk, and how those strategies interact with (or respond to) fuel treatment programs.
How are smoke impacts addressed in this opportunity?
The system is expected to provide a way to include smoke costs and smoke impacts as part of strategic planning, recognizing smoke as a major tradeoff that is often handled separately from suppression and fuel treatment planning.
What values does STARFire consider in its analyses?
The announcement specifically notes values such as human life and safety, property and infrastructure, protection priorities, and ecosystem or "nature's services" values, combined with fire behavior information.
What does the opportunity mean by "accountability" in wildfire decision-making?
Accountability is framed as producing analyses that planners and managers can use to justify strategies and budgets, and to demonstrate the likely impacts of budget changes in a transparent way.
What type of award instrument will be used?
This is a discretionary award using a Cooperative Agreement.
What does a Cooperative Agreement imply for how the project will be run?
The announcement notes that a Cooperative Agreement typically indicates meaningful federal involvement or collaboration during the project, rather than a hands-off grant relationship.
What is the funding activity category for this opportunity?
The opportunity falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 15.945.
Who is eligible to apply based on the information provided?
Eligibility is aimed at public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, with additional eligible applicants possible as indicated by the announcement's eligibility clarification text.
How many awards are expected?
The opportunity indicates that one award is expected.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is listed as $150,000.
What are the posting/creation and closing dates for this opportunity?
The posting and creation dates are June 8, 2016, and the closing date listed is June 17, 2016.
How long is the application window?
Based on the dates provided (June 8, 2016 to June 17, 2016), the submission window is very short, which aligns with a notice tied to ongoing work and continuity of prior projects.
At what decision-making levels is STARFire intended to be used?
STARFire is described as applicable at multiple levels, including local units, state-level planning, and national budget discussions.
What is the overarching outcome this opportunity is trying to support?
The overarching outcome is a more transparent and defensible wildfire budgeting process that links investments in suppression readiness and fuel treatments to expected outcomes like risk reduction, program performance, and impacts including smoke.
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