Deadline: 14-Jul-20
Supported by the Forest Innovation Program (FIP) of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) sustains research, development and technology transfer activities in the forest sector and the emerging bioeconomy to advance the sector and Government of Canada priorities.
Together, these activities are intended to help the forest sector pursue its ongoing transformation through the development and adoption of innovative science-based solutions.
CWFC Research Areas
The activities supported by the CWFC are divided into three research areas:
- Characterization of forest biomass and enhancement of fibre production for the bioeconomy
- Modeling of growth and yield of trees under global change and adaptive silviculture
- Development of innovative solutions for forest management 4.0
Within the context of the foregoing CWFC research areas, the Contribution Program will focus on the following research priorities:
- Broadly applicable approaches aimed at deploying operational Enhanced Forest Inventory (EFI) methods at tree- and plot-level using remote sensing data, targeted to forest practitioners. For instance, suitable projects could aim to provide practical support in estimating forest attributes from mobile LiDAR, predicting species at tree-level with airborne LiDAR, forecasting growth and yield, or operational methods for efficiently assessing regeneration and vigour (health) using emerging remote sensing technologies.
- Data analytics and integration applications for unleashing the full value of forest resource information (e.g. EFI) to de-risk and optimize forest value chains.
- Improved understanding of the factors underpinning social acceptability of research applications in tree improvement, adaptive silviculture, or use of forest biomass for bioenergy production.
Eligibility Criteria
- Universities, colleges, and other academic institutions
- Provinces, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable
- For-profit enterprises that produce forest products and that have existing forest product manufacturing facilities (for example, pulp, paper, or lumber mills) located in Canada
- For-profit enterprises that supply materials, products, or services to forest products enterprises defined above
- Not-for-profit forest sector organizations
- Not-for-profit research institutions
For more information, visit https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-data/funding-partnerships/funding-opportunities/forest-sector-funding-programs/forest-innovation-program/13137#eligible