Jack Kimmel International Grant Program

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. This grant is administered by TREE Fund, with participation from the Canadian TREE Fund in the evaluation process.

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.

Areas

• In 2023, TREE Fund’s Jack Kimmel International Grant program will be focused specifically on the three areas of emphasis listed. Although the three areas are firm but inclusion of topics within is open to discussion.
  • Arboriculture: Theory and Practice  (to include pruning, fertilization, climbing, etc.)
  • Tree Health
  • Risk Assessment and mitigation (including all aspects of decay and structural integrity).

Funding Information

• 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.

Budget Elements, Including:

• Institutional Compensation, Stipends and Benefits
• Travel and Transportation
• Equipment (e.g. Vehicles, Growth Chambers, Etc.)
• Other Materials and Supplies (e.g. Paper, Ink, Etc.)
• Contract Labor (Consultants, Speakers, Etc.)
• Institutional Overhead (Maximum 10%)
• Other/Miscellaneous
• Cash or In-Kind Funding from Other Sources (Minimum 10%; unrecovered institutional overhead may be applied to meet this minimum).

Eligibility Criteria

• 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:
  • 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.

Criteria for Selection

• Staff will screen all applications for applicant eligibility, adherence to submission directions (including word counts), alignment with the TREE Fund mission, and compliance with minimum requirements.  Proposals meeting these criteria are then forwarded to the TREE Fund’s Research and Education Committee for a more thorough and competitive evaluation.  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
• 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.

For more information, visit TREE Fund.