The Safe Arborist Techniques Fund (SATF) is a joint program of Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), established in 2015 to support research and development into the techniques and equipment that arborists use in climbing, rigging, and working on trees, and the means of identifying potential hazards, to provide a safer working environment. Grant-funded projects are expected to be completed within two years of initial fund disbursement. The maximum award value of SATF grants is $15,000.
2021 SATF grants must support useful inquiry into the areas of worker safety and/or biomechanics, to include an investigation into tree failure mechanisms and causes, and offsetting practices and techniques to protect workers, residents, and property. Sample topics (not all-inclusive) could include:
- Decay assessment/spread;
- Inoculating trees with root decay;
- Response growth;
- Mechanical pruning;
- Lightning protection;
- Support systems, cabling, etc.;
- Machine-aided climbing;
- Biomechanics;
- Etc.
Funder: Tree Fund
URL: https://treefund.org/researchgrants/safearborist
Deadline: September 15, 2021
