The TREE Fund Research Grants page provides competitive funding to advance scientific research that benefits arboriculture, urban forestry, and the professionals who plant, manage, and care for trees. Since 2002, TREE Fund has awarded more than $6 million in grants and scholarships to support evidence-based solutions for the tree care industry.
Research focus
TREE Fund supports research that improves the science and practice of:
- Arboriculture and tree care
- Urban and community forestry
- Tree health and risk assessment
- Worker safety
- Utility vegetation management
- Tree establishment, soils and long-term urban tree performance
- Technology transfer and public engagement with the tree care profession