Pre-announcement: Enhancing resilience to wildfires in the wildland-urban interface
UK Research and Innovation
Who can apply
UK eligibility (UKRI) This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible. Applicants based at a UK research organisation may be involved in no more than two applications submitted to this funding opportunity. Only one of these can be as project lead. This is a UKRI funding opportunity administered by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Before applying for funding, check the NERC eligibility guidance for applicants. This funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. We encourage interdisciplinary and intersectoral research and collaborations with other organisations. We welcome applications from individuals at any career stage, subject to NERC eligibility criteria. US eligibility (NSF) NSF is interested in supporting convergent wildland fire research in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) as described under NSF’s FIRE program. NSF welcomes proposals from US academic institutions, as well as non-profit or non-academic organisations, for-profit organisations and state or local governments on behalf of all qualified scientists, engineers, and educators. Information on principal investigator and organ
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