Deadline: 20 December 2018
The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) is currently accepting proposals for research, development and technology transfer activities funding for the 2019–2020 fiscal year under the Forest Innovation Program (FIP).
The Forest Innovation Program (FIP) supports research, development and technology transfer activities across Canada’s forest sector. Together, these activities are intended to help the sector pursue its ongoing transformation through the development and adoption of innovative science-based solutions.
CWFC Objectives
- By developing tools and practices that forest managers and fibre end-users can use to support sustainable processes and products, the CWFC supports the forest sector’s contributions to a low- carbon economy that helps mitigate climate change and increase the resilience of Canadian forests.
- The CWFC is responsible for the CFS’s program Developing sustainable solutions for the fibre, which maintains a strong focus on outreach activities to ensure rapid uptake of the processes and products that are developed.
Research Areas
This program has three key fibre-related research areas:
- Tools and Techniques to Identify, Measure and Optimize the Use of Wood Fibre Attributes
- Next Generation Enhanced Forest Inventory and
- Growing Resilient Forests for a Sustainable Fibre Supply.
Grant Information
In 2019-2020, the CWFC has $522,000 of funding available to support new contribution agreement projects that take place within the fiscal year (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).
Eligibility Criteria
- Universities, colleges, and other academic institutions
- Provinces and territories
- 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 (including FPInnovations)
How to Apply
Submit a completed proposal to CWFC’s mailbox at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Canada
For more information, please visit https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/federal-programs/13137#history