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Disaster risk reduction (DRR) poses a significant challenge in the contemporary era. As reiterated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, although states bear the responsibility for DRR policies, their effectiveness necessitates the involvement of all stakeholders in the risk chain. The scientific community holds a crucial position in observing, monitoring, and understanding hazards and risks, but research outcomes still often remain confined within academic literature, and interactions with other stakeholders are limited. A review of research projects supported by the French National Research Funding Agency (Agence nationale de la recherche [ANR]) between 2010 and 2018 underscored the need for enhanced inter- and transdisciplinarity to effectively enhance DRR. The report also emphasized the potential significance of the funding instrument ‘ANR Flash’ calls for research projects, launched by the Agency a decade ago. These calls, activated promptly after a disaster, seem crucial in fostering research projects addressing local needs while transcending disciplinary and sectoral boundaries. The scientific committee of the inaugural call Flash, ‘Haïti 2010’, assessed the mechanism in 2014. The current article by the scientific committee of the late initiative Flash ‘Ouragans 2017’, extends the reflection on this funding instrument, with potential for expansion as disasters become more prevalent.