Deadline: 01-Mar-23
The Utility Arborist Research Fund Grant Program is now open for applications.
For 2023, TREE Fund and UAA are seeking UARF proposals guided by the prioritized summary of research topics polled from our wider membership, prioritized as follows, with equal consideration given to these topics:
- Employee, Contractor and Public Safety (including training relevance and quality, and training frequency);
- Service Reliability (including tree failure and tree worker experience); and
- Regulatory Compliance (including training and process improvement).
Funding Information
A total of $50,000 is available for award in 2023; the minimum award considered will be $10,000, the maximum $50,000, so that one to five grants may be awarded, subject to receipt of compliant applications. Work funded by UARF is expected to be completed within one to three years of award.
Eligibility Criteria
While TREE Fund and UAA encourage applications that are aligned with these priorities, both organizations also understand that social, exploratory and other research questions may arise. TREE Fund and UAA are thus open to evaluating any proposal related to vegetation management in the utility industry. UARF may not be used to fund to following types of research:
- 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.
For more information, visit Tree Fund.