Jack Kimmel International Grant Program in Canada

Jack Kimmel International Grant Program in Canada

The Jack Kimmel International Grant Program, championed by the Canadian TREE Fund, honors the late Jack Kimmel who was the former Director of Parks for the City of Toronto.

He is remembered for his contribution of 46 years of leadership to the ISA and its Ontario chapter. Jack Kimmel grants provide much needed funding to arboriculture and urban forestry researchers all over the world.

This grant is administered by TREE Fund, with participation from the Canadian TREE Fund in the evaluation process./ Jack Kimmel International Grant Program

These grants are available to researchers whose work is primarily outside of the United States. Projects are expected to be completed within one to two years.

Grant award amounts are limited to a maximum of $10,000 and will vary depending upon the adjudged value of the project relative to the needs of the arboriculture community. No project may receive more than one award from this program.

Note Well: In 2023, TREE Fund’s Jack Kimmel International Grant program will be focused specifically on the three areas of emphasis listed below.

Although the three areas are firm but inclusion of topics within is open to discussion. Contact our office sooner rather than later if you have questions.

Arboriculture: Theory and Practice (to include pruning, fertilization, climbing, etc.)
Tree Health
Risk Assessment and mitigation (including all aspects of decay and structural integrity)

Letters of inquiry for Kimmel Grants that do not focus on topics related to the focus area will be rejected from further consideration.

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:

a. Grants to individuals;

b. Projects that are primarily municipal tree surveys or assessments;

c. Tree planting programs

d. Studies of individual tree species for the primary purpose of agricultural or timber/forest planting yield;

e. Commercial tree- or soil-related product testing primarily for the benefit of the company that manufactures the product

Application Process of the Jack Kimmel International Grant Program

The first step to apply for this grant is to send an email containing a brief Letter of Inquiry (LOI) of no more than 100 words describing your project title and concept to treefund@treefund.org between August 1, 2023 and September 15, 2023.

See also: UNFPA Global Internship Programme in Multiple Locations

Your LOI must clearly identify the Principal Investigator and Institution who will be contracted for the work should your application be approved.

Also note in your LOI that you wish to apply for the Jack Kimmel International Grant program.

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.

Benefits

1. Institutional Compensation

2. Stipends and Benefits

3. Travel and Transportation

4. Equipment (e.g. Vehicles, Growth Chambers, Etc.)

5. Other Materials and Supplies (e.g. Paper, Ink, Etc.)

6. Contract Labor (Consultants, Speakers, Etc.)

7. Institutional Overhead (Maximum 10%)

8. Other/Miscellaneous

9. Cash or In-Kind

Funding from Other Sources (Minimum 10%; unrecovered institutional overhead may be applied to meet this minimum)

Click here for more details and apply: treefund.org

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