TREE Fund’s John Z. Duling Grant Program 2016: Supporting Innovative Research and Technology

Deadline: 1 October 2016

The TREE Fund is currently inviting applicants for its John Z. Duling Grant Program with an aim to provide start up or seed funding to support innovative research and technology transfer projects that have the potential of benefiting the everyday work of arborists.

John Z. Duling grants may be used to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas and approaches.

Priority Areas

• Root and soil management
• Propagation, planting and establishment
• Plant health care
• Risk assessment and worker safety
• Urban forestry

Funding Information

• Projects are expected to be completed within one to three years with a maximum grant award of $25,000.
• No project may receive more than one award from this program.

Eligibility Criteria

• The TREE Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability or national or ethnic origin.
• Current trustees of the TREE Fund or any member of the family of any such trustee are ineligible to receive grants from the TREE Fund.
• Applicants may include institutional overhead costs in the project budget.

Selection Criteria

• Potential impact of the topic
• Approach
• Feasibility
• Budget

How to Apply

Applicants must apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit John Z. Duling Grant Program.