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.
Priorities
Supported research will include the following:
- 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.
Funding Information
Projects are expected to be completed within one to three years, with a maximum award value of $10,000. No project may receive more than one award from this program.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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