# Combustion and Fire Systems

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pd-18-1407-combustion-and-fire-systems/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359423

> U.S. National Science Foundation offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make $4.7 million in total. It is no longer open on Grants.gov.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | PD-18-1407 |
| Agency | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | not set |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $4.7 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 47.041 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

TheCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram is part of theTransport Phenomenacluster, which also includes: 1) Fluid Dynamics; 2) Particulate and Multiphase Processes; and 3) Thermal Transport Processes. The goal of theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram is to advance energy conversion efficiency, improve energy security, enable cleaner environments, and enhance public safety. The program endeavors to createfundamental scientific knowledge that is needed for useful combustion applications and for mitigating the effects of fire. The program aims to identify and understand the controlling basic principles and to use that knowledge to create predictive capabilities for designing and optimizing practical combustion devices. Important outcomes of interest for this program include: broad-based tools — experimental, theoretical, and computational — that can be applied to a variety of problems in combustion and fire systems; science and technology for clean and efficient generation of power; discoveries that enable clean environments (reduction in combustion-generated pollutants); and enhanced public safety through research on fire growth, inhibition, and suppression. Research areas of interest for this program include: Basic Combustion Science: Combustion of gas, liquid, and solid fuels over a broad range of temperatures, pressures, and length scales; combustion at supercritical conditions; advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propulsion concepts; flame synthesis; integration of fuel design and combustion; control of reaction pathways; development of chemical kinetics, predictive models, and diagnostic tools. CombustionScience Related to Clean Energy: Increasing efficiency and reducing pollution; production and use of renewable fuels; biomass combustion, gasification, and fast pyrolysis; technologies such as oxy-fuel combustion and chemical looping combustion for carbon capture. FirePrevention: Improved understanding of fires to prevent their spread, inhibit their growth, and suppress them; prediction and mitigation of wildland fires in real time. Innovative proposals outside of these specific interest areas may be considered. However, prior to submission, it is recommended that the Principal Investigator contact the Program Director to avoid the possibility of the proposal being returned without review. The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The typical award size for the program is $100,000 per year.

## Questions people ask

### Is NSF PD-18-1407 still open?

No. It is no longer open on Grants.gov. A newer notice is open: NSF 27-500, closes January 29, 2027 (83 days left).

### Who can apply for Combustion and Fire Systems?

U.S. National Science Foundation accepted applications from any type of organization.

### What is the deadline for Combustion and Fire Systems?

Closed. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $4.7 million in total.

### Who has won Engineering grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Georgia Tech Research Corp, Purdue University, Regents of the University of Michigan. The program made 11,244 awards worth $4.3 billion in that time.