TREE Fund: Building Bridges Initiative and Seed Grants program
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due September 15, 2024
Category: arboriculture,
The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) aims to support the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in arboriculture and urban forestry, and awards research grants, education grants, and scholarships to advance the fields of arboriculture and urban forestry.
Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative
Amount: Up to $30,000
Established jointly by TREE Fund, the Skiera Family, Wisconsin Arborist Association, and the International Society of Arboriculture, the Bob Skiera Memorial Fund provides financial support for the “Building Bridges Initiative,” which is intended to help arborists and urban foresters communicate the value of trees and urban forests through engagement via collaborative research and other projects with public works officials, risk assessment professionals, civil engineers, wildlife researchers, soil scientists, and others.
In 2024, the Building Bridges Initiative grant(s) will be focused on research to facilitate or engage interactions between urban forest managers, arborists, and other professionals committed to maximizing the value/use of the urban forest resource. Suggested areas of investigation might include quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of urban forest benefits to humans and communities, policy formation and program implementation, Nature Based Solutions, and ecosystem services. TREE Fund welcomes research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines of both a qualitative and quantitative nature.
John Z. Duling Grant Program
Amount: Up to $25,000
Through this program, grants of up to $25,000 over up to three years will be awarded as start-up or seed funding to support innovative research and technology transfer projects that have the potential of benefiting the everyday work of arborists. The fund welcomes research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature.
In 2024, the program will focus on propagation, plant selection, development of new varieties, and planting/establishment and arboriculture theory and practice.