Tree and Soil Research Fund Grant Program

Deadline: 15-Sep-21

The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) Board of Trustees is launching the new Tree and Soil Research Grant Program, made possible by a permanently restricted endowment fund supporting areas of research of interest to the landscape architecture community with special focus in the area of trees and the soils that support them.

• the design and specification of trees and soils in urban landscapes;
• propagation and nursery practices that impact the establishment and long term growth of trees;
• improving species diversity;
• tree root and canopy structure improvement;
• soil and drainage design and modification;
• tree planting practices; tree planting space design;
• tree establishment and maintenance practices; and
• planting soil management and maintenance.

• TREE Fund welcomes research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature. TREE Fund does not fund the following types of projects, and will not accept applications for such work:
  • Grants to individuals;
  • Projects that are primarily municipal tree surveys or assessments;
  • Tree planting programs;
  • Studies of individual tree species for the primary purpose of agricultural or timber/forest planting yield;
  • Commercial tree- or soil-related product testing primarily for the benefit of the company that manufactures the product.
• TREE Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability or national or ethnic origin.
• Current trustees of TREE Fund or any member of the family of any such trustee are ineligible to receive grants from TREE Fund.

For more information, visit https://treefund.org/tree-and-soil-research-fund-grant-program