Deadline: 1 March 2019
Tree Fund is inviting applications for its Hyland R. Johns Grant Program, established in 1995 to honor one of the leaders in the arboriculture industry and a founder of the ISA Research Trust.
The Hyland R. Johns Grant Program funds longer term research and technology transfer projects that have the potential of benefiting the everyday work of arborists.
Funding Information
Projects are expected to be completed within three to five years, with a maximum award value of $25,000.
Priority Areas
- For 2019, the Hyland R Johns Grants Program is looking to fund research on a topic related to Urban Forestry with emphasis on assessment, management and maintenance of communities of trees rather than individual specimens or species. Some examples of areas of potential interest to TREE Fund are:
- New or refined tools to facilitate development of baseline and recurring tree inventories, including those used to assess impact of catastrophic weather events such as fire, flood, and excessive wind;
- The role of urban trees in the creation/maintenance of ecosystem services, including:
- Ecological niches for desirable and/or nuisance wildlife
- Breeding sites and/or homes for pollinating insects
- Temperature/wind moderation
- Minimized impacts of storm water runoff
- Capture of airborne pollutants
- Impacts on public safety
- Site reclamation
- Development of tools to aid urban foresters in setting management priorities with an eye toward utilizing scarce resources to best advantage;
- Measuring public attitudes regarding costs and benefits of urban forest management and where best to set priorities; and
- Determination of the impacts of communities of invasive species on existing and future urban forest diversity and health.
- Note that the list above is by no means exhaustive, and proposals to answer other questions relating to best practices for urban forest management will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://treefund.org/researchgrants/johns