Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Archives
EMC Project Applications and Awards
- Fiscal Year 2023/24
- Fiscal Year 2022/23
- Fiscal Year 2021/22
- Fiscal Year 2020/21 “Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, no allocations were made for EMC project funding in Fiscal Year 2020–2021.”
Archived Requests for Proposals
- 2025/26 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline May 19, 2025
- 2024/25 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline May 15, 2024
- 2023/24 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline May 24, 2023
- 2022/23 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline September 14, 2022
- 2021/22 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline July 14, 2022
Reports & Policies
The EMC reviews the Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions guiding project proposals on an annual basis. Changes may be made annually, or as determined necessary by the membership of the EMC, prior to release of the Request for Proposals in spring (approximately mid-March.
- Crosswalk: EMC Supported Projects, Research Themes, and Critical Monitoring Questions Matrix (revised 2024)
- 2023 EMC Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- Crosswalk: EMC-supported projects, Research Themes, and Critical Monitoring Questions Matrix
- 2017 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
The EMC provides a review of its annual activities in an Annual report and Workplan, approved by the Board of Forestry & Fire Protection, at the beginning of each new calendar year.
The EMC updates the Strategic Plan on a 5-year cycle.
The EMC updates the Charter as determined necessary by the membership of the EMC.
2025 Meeting Materials
- August 2025 Meeting Agenda
- 3. Discussion of CoChair Requirements
- 4a. EMC Members and Term Exp
- 4b. Request for EMC Applicants
- 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2025-08-25
- 6. York EMC-2022-004 Final Project Presentation
- 7a-i. 2024 EMC Charter FINAL
- 7a-ii. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update FINAL
- 7a-iii. EMC 2025-26 Priority Critical Monitoring Questions EMC Member Poll Results
- 7a-iv. EMC Grant Guidelines 2025-26
- 7a-v. EMC Budget Projections and Allocations 2025-26 to 2027-28
- 7a-vi. Projects and CMQ Matrix 2025-08
- 7b-i. EMC-2025-001 FPP K. Boston Redacted
- 7b-ii. EMC-2025-001 budget template 2025 final K. Boston
- 7c-i. EMC-2025-003 FPP J. Riggio Redacted
- 7c-ii. EMC-2025-003 Detailed Budget J. Riggio
- 7d-i. EMC-2025-004 FPP B. Brooks Redacted
- 7d-ii. EMC-2025-004 budget v final B. Brooks
- 7e-i. EMC-2025-005 J. Moghaddas Redacted
- 7e-ii. EMC-2025-005 budget template 2025 final J.Moghaddas
- 7f-i. EMC 2025-26 Full Project Proposal Rating Results Summary
- 7f-ii. EMC 2025-26 Full Project Proposal Ratings with Comments
- 8. Rivers & Sampognaro EMC-2021-003 Final Project Presentation
- 9. Miley EMC-2023-002 Final Project Presentation
- 11. Draft CRA EMC-2017-007
- June 2025 Meeting Agenda
- 3. Discussion of EMC Structure and Recommendations
- 4a. EMC Members Contact Information 2025-05-29
- 4b. Request for EMC Applicants 2025-05
- 4c. M Baker Letter of Interest & Statement of Qualifications Redacted
- 4d. M Baker CV Redacted
- 4e. M. Baker Professional References Redacted
- 4f. Wachter LOI 2025
- 4g. Wachter CV 2025 Redacted
- 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2025-06-16
- 6. J. Bailey EMC 2023-003 Project Update
- 7. Moriarty Buskirk EMC 2024-001 Update Marten Clusters Veg 250610
- 9. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2018-006 DRAFT
- 10. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2019-003 DRAFT REVISED
- 13. EMC 2024 Annual Report and Workplan Revised DRAFT 2025-06-10
- 14. 2024 EMC Charter - FINAL
- 14. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update FINAL
- 14. EMC 2025-26 Priority Critical Monitoring Questions EMC Member Poll Results
- 14. EMC Budget Projections and Allocations 2025-26 to 2027-28
- 14. EMC Grant Guidelines 2025-26 FINAL
- 14. EMC-2025-001 ICP K. Boston Redacted
- 14. EMC-2025-002 ICP J. Bigelow Redacted
- 14. EMC-2025-003 ICP J. Riggio Redacted
- 14. EMC-2025-004 ICP B. Brooks Redacted
- 14. EMC-2025-005 ICP J. Moghaddas Redacted
- 14. EMC-2025-006 ICP G. Thompson Redacted
- 02 Apr 30, 2025 EMC Meeting and Field Tour Agenda FINAL
- Santa Cruz Field Tour Flyer 2025-04-30
- SVR Site Visit Release and Waiver
- 3. EMC Members and Term Exp Webpage 2025-04
- 3. Request for EMC Applicants 2025-04
- 3a. M Baker Letter of Interest & Statement of Qualifications Redacted
- 3b. M Baker CV Redacted
- 3c. M. Baker Professional References Redacted
- 4. 2024 Updated EMC Projects Chart for Web 2025-04-28
- 5. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2018-006 DRAFT
- 6a. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2019-003 DRAFT
- 6b. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2019-003 DRAFT Waitman Ed
- 7. EMC 2024 Annual Report and Workplan Revised DRAFT 2025-04-28
- February 2025 Meeting Agenda
- 3. Call for EMC Applicants
- 3. EMC Members and Term Exp
- 4. 2024 EMC Projects Chart and Assignments - Meeting Updates
- 6. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2017-001 DRAFT
- 7. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2019-002 DRAFT
- 8. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 9. EMC 2025-26 Priority Critical Monitoring Questions EMC Member Poll Results
- 9. EMC Grant Guidelines 2025-26 DRAFT - Clean
- 9. EMC Grant Guidelines 2025-26 DRAFT - TC
- 9. Projects and CMQ Matrix
- 10. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT Nov 2024 - TC
- 10. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Revised DRAFT Feb 2025 - Clean
- 10. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Revised DRAFT Feb 2025 - TC
- 11. EMC 2024 Annual Report and Workplan Revised DRAFT 2025-02-11
- 11. EMC 2024 Annual Report and Workplan DRAFT - TC 2024-12-27
- EMC Meeting Record February 12 2025
2024 Meeting Materials
- November 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 04. EMC Agenda
- 4. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-004
- 5. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-003
- 8. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update
- 8. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update - Red Line
- 9. 2025 EMC Charter
- 9. 2025 EMC Charter - Red Line
- 10. Revised Completed Research Assessment
- 11. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-005
- 14. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2021-003
- EMC Meeting Record November 14 2024
- August 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 3a-i. Givonne Law LOI Redacted
- 3a-ii. Givonne Law Resume Redacted
- 3b. Izaac Russo Resume Redacted
- 3c-i. Marjan Ghotbizadeh LOI Redacted
- 3c-ii. Marjan Ghotbizadeh Resume Redacted
- 6. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT TC w comments 2024-08-28
- 7. 2025 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter REVISION
- 8. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2018-003 DRAFT
- 9a. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 FINAL
- 9b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan FINAL
- 9c. Completed Research Assessment
- 9d. EMC Budget Projections 2024-25 to 2026-27 REVISED
- 9e. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 9f. EMC Ranking Member Name
- 9f-i. EMC Member Individual Ranking Results
- 9f-ii. EMC Ranking Summary
- 9g. EMC-2024-001 Moriarty Full Proposal Redacted
- 9h. EMC-2024-002 Richardson Full Proposal Redacted
- 9i. EMC-2024-004 Dotters Full Proposal Redacted
- 9j. EMC-2024-006 North Full Project proposal Redacted
- June 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 2a-i. G. Law - LOI Application for EMC member seat Redacted
- 2a-ii. Law Resume Redacted
- 4 and 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2024-06-16
- 6. Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter
- 7. EMC-2018-006 Final Project Presentation – K. Bladon
- 11a-i. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 11a-ii. Projects and CMQ Matrix 2024-01
- 11a-iii. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 FINAL
- 11b. EMC Budget Projections_2024-25 to 2026-27
- 11c-i. EMC-2024-001 NCASI Foundation-Moriarty Redacted
- 11c-ii. EMC-2024-001 Moriarty EMC Budget
- 11d. EMC-2024-002 UCSC-Richardson Redacted
- 11e. EMC-2024-003 CalPoly-Cobb Redacted
- 11f. EMC-2024-004 SPI-Dotters Redacted
- 11g. EMC-2024-005 OSU-Matthews Redacted
- 11h. EMC-2024-006 TreePeople-North Redacted
- 11i. EMC-2024-007 USFS-Hernandez Redacted
- EMC Meeting Record June 17 2024
- January 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Term Exp Webpage
- 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-08-30
- 5. EMC-2022-003 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2022-004 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2022-005 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-003 FULL - OSU Redacted
- 8. 2024-01 Vote EMC Ranking Member Name
- 8. EMC Budget Projections 2023-24 to 2025-26
- 8. EMC Ranking Results 2023-24 Sept 2023 vote
- 8. EMC-2023-002 Final Proposal 10.6.2023 rev
- 8. EMC-2023-002 FULL PROPOSAL - SIG
- 9. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT Clean
- 9. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT TC w comments
- 10. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions 2024 revision TC
- 10. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions 2024 TC Live Edits
- 11. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 DRAFT
- 11. 2024-25 Priority CMQ Questions Poll
- 12. EMC Charter
- EMC Meeting Record January 18 2024
2023 Meeting Materials
- August 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Term Exp 2023-08-02
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-08-02
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guide FINAL
- 4. 2023-24 Full Project Proposal Rankings
- 4. EMC Budget Projections_REV 2023-24 to 2025-26
- 4. EMC Grant Guidelines 2023-24
- 4. EMC Ranking Member Name
- 4. EMC-2023-001 FULL - TreePeople Redacted
- 4. EMC-2023-002 FULL - SIG Redacted
- 4. EMC-2023-003 FULL - OSU Redacted
- 4. 2023-004 FULL - Jasper Ridge Redacted
- 4. New EMC Project Timeline
- EMC Meeting Record August 2, 2023
- June 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members Open-Pending Open Seats
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-06-02
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guide FINAL
- 4. Clesi Bennett Letter of Interest
- 4. Clesi Bennett Resume Redacted
- 5. EMC Budget Projections 2023-24 to 25-26
- 5. EMC-2023-001 TreePeople REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-002 SIG REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-003 OSU REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-004 Jasper Ridge REDACTED
- 5. Summary of Proposals EMC
- EMC Meeting Record June 7, 2023
- February 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Open Seats
- 2c. EMC Grant Guidelines 2023-24 DRAFT
- 3a. EMC-2017-008 Final CRA Dec 2022
- 3-i. EMC Project Liaison Guidelines DRAFT
- 3-ii. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-02-15
- 3-iii. CA Forestry Report Post-Fire Salvage Logging
- 4. Research Themes Critical Questions DRAFT 2023-01-31
- 5. EMC-2017-002 S. Stanish Presentation
- 6. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2022 DRAFT 2023-01-31
- 8. EMC-2017-006 R. York Presentation
- 9a. Jonathan Meurer Letter
- 9b. Jonathan Meurer Resume Redacted
- EMC Meeting Record February 16 2023
2022 Meeting Materials
- November 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Open Seats
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guidelines DRAFT
- 3. Jonah Nicholas MS Defense Poster EMC-2018-006
- 4. 2022-23 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions DRAFT 11.10.22
- 4. 2022-23 Themes and Questions DRAFT Comments NCRWQCB
- 4. Co-Chair Moreno Comments on Themes and CMQs
- 5. EMC Grant Guidelines 2022-23 FINAL
- 5a. EMC Budget Projections 2022-23 Research Proposals
- 5b. EMC Ranking-Member Name
- 5c. EMC-2022-001 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5d-i. EMC-2022-003 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5d-ii. EMC-2022-003 Supplement
- 5e. EMC-2022-004 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5f. EMC-2022-005 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 6. EMC-2017-008 Draft CRA Nov 2022
- 7. Final Project Presentation EMC-2017-001 Dahlke
- EMC Meeting Record November 18, 2022
- September 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 4. EMC-2017-012 M. Baker 2022-09-28
- 5a. EMC-2022-001 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5b-i. EMC-2022-002 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5b-ii. EMC-2022-002 Budget breakdown
- 5c-i. EMC-2022-003 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5c-ii. EMC-2022-003 EMC ICP Attachment
- 5d. EMC-2022-004 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5e. EMC-2022-005 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5f. EMC Budget Projections 2022-23 Research Proposals
- 6a. 2017-18 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 6b. 2022-23 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions DRAFT for Revision
- 6c. Public Comment on Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions for review
- 6d-i. 1 - CZU Fire Redwood Damage Assessment
- 6d-ii. 1 - Redwood Defect Study at SVR
- 6e. 3 - Public Comment 2022-07-29
- 7a. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 7b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT 2022-08-05
- 7c. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT Tracked Changes 2022-09-20
- 7d. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT CLEAN 2022-09-23
- 8. EMC-2017-008 Cobb CRA Sept 2022 DRAFT
- 9. Nannizzi EMC Member Applicant
- EMC Meeting Record September 28 2022 FINAL
- August 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda REVISED
- 2a. EMC Member Roster
- 2b. Request for EMC Applicants 2022
- 2c. EMC Grant Guidelines 2022-23 FINAL
- 2d. EMC Budget Projections
- 2e. EMC Grant Guidelines at California Grants Portal
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status
- 4. Stand Age, M. O'Connor Presentation
- 5. EMC-2016-003 Project Update
- 6. EMC-2019-003 Project Update
- 7a. Jones EMC app Redacted
- 7b. Ranking Criteria TEMPLATE
- 7c-i. Ranking Criteria EMC Member
- 7c-ii. Ranking Criteria EMC Member
- 7d. EMC Applicant M. Jones Rankings
- 8a. EMC-2019-002 Final Presentation
- 8b. Plumas County Fire Safe Council Treatments
- 9a. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 9b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT for review 2022-08-02
- 9c. Changes to Strategic Plan 2022
- 9d-i. Public Comments on Themes and CMQs 2022
- 9d-ii. CZU Fire Redwood Damage Assessment
- 9d-iii. Redwood Defect Study at SVR
- EMC Meeting Record August 02 2022 FINAL (PDF)
- April 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2b. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2021 FINAL (PDF)
- 2c. Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter (PDF)
- 3. Progress report EMC-2018-003 Alt Meadow Rest April 2022 (PDF)
- 4. Members, Affiliations, Specialties, Term Exp (PDF)
- 4. Membership Rules Charter 2020_Open Seats as of 2022-04-01 (PDF)
- 5. RFP 2021 EMC Final (PDF)
- 6. EMC-2017-008 Final Report April 2022 (PDF)
- 7. DRAFT EMC Grant Guidelines 2021-08-26 (PDF)
- 7. Proposed Contract vs. Grant Project Processing Timeline Scenarios (PDF)
- 8. Little River Final Report (PDF)
- 8. Final Presentation Little River Report, L. MacDonald (PDF)
- 9. Battles EMC-2017-007 Presentation (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Record April 12 2022 FINAL (PDF)
2021 Meeting Materials
- July 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 3. Bladon Segura EMC Update 07-21-2021
- 3. Bladon-Segura WLPZ Class II Update
- 4. RRGULCH CALFIRE Presentation July 2021
- 5. RFP 2021 EMC Final
- 6. EMC Grant Guidelines DRAFT
- 7. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 8. EMC Completed Research Assessment FINAL
- 9. Draft Completed Research Assessment EMC 2015 001
- EMC Meeting Record July 21 2021
- April 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 3(c) 2020 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- 4. Science to Policy Draft Cover Memo EMC to BOF
- 5-(i) Draft Beta Test Science to Policy Framework for EMC 2015 001
- 5-ii(a) EMC-2015-001
- 5-ii(b) ASP Class II-L Metrics
- 6-i Critical Question Tally
- 6-ii Critical Questions Survey Comments
- 6-iii Critical Questions Matrix
- 7. RFP 2021 DRAFT
- EMC Meeting Record April 21 2021
2020 Meeting Materials
- October 2020 EMC Meeting Agenda
- EMC 2(c) EMC Grant Authorization Language
- EMC 3 Draft BOF Research Plan Outline, Priorities, and References
- EMC 4 Science to Policy Framework
- EMC 4(a) 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- EMC 5 EMC Funding Matrix
- EMC 6(i) 2019 BOF Annual Report With Appendix
- EMC 6(ii) EMC Critical Questions Matrix
- EMC 6(iii) BOF-EMC Priorities Matrix
- October 2020 EMC Meeting Record
2019 Meeting Materials
- December 2019 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2019 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- EMC Project Ranking Blank Sheet
- EMC 2019_004_LusardiRypelFangue
- EMC-2019-001_Rivers and Verschuyl_Full Proposal
- EMC-2019-002 Full Proposal_Moghaddas
- EMC-2019-005 Full Proposal Hayhurst
- Hogue Kinoshita Full Proposal ALL PAGES
- EMC Meeting Record December 5 2019
- September 2019 EMC Meeting Agenda
- September 2019 EMC Meeting Notes
- 2(a)(1) Anderegg - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(2) Anderegg - CV
- 2(a)(3) Bisbing - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(4) Bisbing - CV
- 2(a)(5) Freer-Smith - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(6) Freer-Smith - CV
- 3(a) EMC-2019-001 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(b) EMC-2019-002 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(c) EMC-2019-003 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(d) EMC-2019-004 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(e) EMC-2019-005 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 4 2018 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- 4 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter