$34 Million in U.S. Forest Service Grants for Wood Projects

The U.S. Forest Services announced a $34 million round of grant funding for wood innovations projects. The grants will be awarded based on applications filed by mid-December.

The grant programs are available through three different specific programs. The Forest Service offers a general description of the programs here:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/energy-forest-products/wood-innovation

The programs are:

The Wood Innovation Grants Program's focus areas include mass timber, renewable wood energy, and "technological development that supports hazardous fuel reduction and sustainable forest management.” Applications are required by December 11.

Application instructions are available here: Wood Innovation Grant Application Instructions.

The Community Wood Grant Program offers grants to install community wood energy systems using “the most stringent control technologies”, according to the USFS announcement. Applications are due by December 18.

Here are the application instructions: Community Wood Application Instruction

The Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance provides funding that may be used to provide support for facilities that purchase and process byproducts of ecosystem restoration projects. This includes applications to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility in close proximity to federal or Indian lands that need ecosystem restoration and will generate byproducts.

Here are the instructions: WPIA Application Instructions