Apply for Hyland R. Johns Grant Program

Deadline Date: September 15, 2024

 Donor Name: TREE Fund

 Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000

The Hyland R. Johns Grant Program funds longer-term research and technology transfer projects that have the potential to benefit the everyday work of arborists.

Established in 1995 to honor one of the leaders in the arboriculture industry and a founder of the ISA Research Trust.

Research Priorities

• In 2024, TREE Fund’s Hyland Johns Grant program will be focused specifically on the following areas:
  • Urban forest management to include:
    • Inventory techniques, assessment, interpretation, etc.
    • Pruning, removal, relocation, etc.
    • Surveys to inform decision making (Tree surveys will be considered if they address a research question, inform decision making, or otherwise have applicability that can be generalized beyond the tree population being measured).
  • Ecosystem Services to include:
    • Interactions with other biota (birds, pollinators, nuisance plants/animals, etc)
    • Impact of weather events (storm water runoff, increased temperature, wind tolerance, etc.)
  • Tree health to include:
    • Identification and management of insects, diseases, viruses, phytoplasmas, and other biotic agents that are known or suspected of affecting tree health.
    • Inadvertent impact of chemicals used for other purposes (e.g. herbicides, deicing salt, airborne pollutants) on urban tree health.
    • Role of environment on predisposition of trees to other biotic agents.
  • Decay to include:
    • Identification, assessment, and mitigation of biotic organisms that cause decay in trees.
    • New and/or improved means to determine the presence in trees or to determine their threat to structural integrity.

Funding Information

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

Eligibility Criteria

• TREE Fund welcomes research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature. TREE Fund does not fund the following types of projects, and will not accept applications for such work:
  • Grants to individuals;
  • Projects that are primarily municipal tree surveys or assessments;
  • Tree planting programs;
  • Studies focused on traditional forestry and timber production, agroforestry, and ecology and conservation of forested and other natural areas,
  • Product testing primarily for the benefit of the company that manufactures the product.
• 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.
• Prospective applicants can be sure that reviewers will place highest emphasis on:
  • Prior record of accomplishment by the investigative team.  (Scientists early in their research careers may wish to include others with more research experience as active co-investigators or advisors)
  • Potential contribution of the project to the arboricultural industry.
  • Approach, including statement of hypotheses and experimental design.
  • Dissemination plan to the scientific community and to tree care professionals.

For more information, visit TREE Fund.