Please note that this call closed on 25 May 2023.

A historic record of the full call text is available here.

Call 3 Funded Projects

Five projects were selected to undertake knowledge exchange activities to accelerate and amplify the impact of research from the Future of UK Treescapes programme. They each received up to £85,000 in funding from UK Research and Innovation. The projects were selected to engage with UK Treescapes research projects and ensure that the research reaches as many different audiences as possible.

Enhancing the impact of Future of UK Treescapes research

Please note that this call ended in May 2023 all details here are a historical record for information purposes only.

NERC is now accepting applications for funding to undertake knowledge exchange activities to accelerate and amplify the impact of research from the Future of UK Treescapes programme. 

Applicants from a range of disciplines, including environmental science, economics, social science, art and humanities are invited to apply for funding towards projects that will build on or complement the current knowledge exchange activities of the programme. The projects are encouraged to engage and partner with at least one of the projects already funded within the programme. Applicants do not need to have previously received programme funding.

The funding is supported by NERC, AHRC and ESRC. Applicants may apply for projects that cost up to £100,000, and successful projects will be funded 80% of the total cost. Projects can run for up to 12 months and must start by 1st November 2023. 

Read the full funding call here

Key dates

Opening date 12:00, 23 Feb 2023
Closing date 16:00, 25 May 2023
Assessment panel Mid-July 2023
Awards announced August 2023
Latest grant start 1 November 2023

Contacts for Collaboration

If you would like to approach a Treescapes Call 1, Call 2 or Fellowship project to discuss inclusion within your bid please use the contact emails in the table below.  Please bear in mind the project member’s time and capacity to consider and respond to your emails when making contact. 

Project Contact Which Call Funded Under
newLEAF Dr Stephen Cavers Call 1
MEMBRA Dr Estrella Luna-Diez, for general aspects of engagement and KE

Dr Katherine Earnshaw, for arts, humanities and policy aspects of engagement and KE
Call 1
Branching Out Sally Bellman Call 1
Voices of the Future Dr Simon Carr Call 1
Connected Treescapes Dr Julia Touza, for general aspects of engagement and KE

Dr Vadim Saraev, for economic and portfolio approach aspects of engagement and KE
Call 1
Castor Dr Matthew Dennis Call 1
Diversitree Dr Ruth Mitchell, for general/natural science aspects of engagement and KE

Dr Seumas Bates, for social science/humanities aspects of engagement and KE
Call 2
Stand Dr Tom Finch Call 2
iDeer Dr Rebecca Spake Call 2
Agroforestry Futures Professor Lynn Fewer

Call 2
FARM TREE Dr Josie Geris Call 2
TreE_PlaNet Dr Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor Call 2
Restoring Floodplain Treescapes for Flood Alleviation, Leon Baruah Alexander Antonarakis Fellowship
Treescapes for Thermal Comfort, Jo Ryan Jo Ryan Fellowship
TRUE: Treescape Regulation of Urban Environments, Jim Parker Jim Parker Fellowship
AFFORE3ST: Advancing a planning Framework FOr Regionally Enhanced and Equitable Ecosystem Services from urban Treescapes, Dr James Levine Dr James Levine Fellowship
Remember the elm: Exploration of wych elm’s genetic resilience and future restoration, Euan Bowdith Euan Bowditch Fellowship
Montane Woodland Treescape Restoration, Ellie Dimambro-Denson Ellie Dimambro-Denson Fellowship
Seeds for Treescapes, Andrew Hacket Pain Andrew Hacket-Pain Fellowship
Identifying policy, educational, and research priorities for silvoarable expansion, Amelia Hood Amelia Hood Fellowship
Exploring wood pastures for upland UK treescapes, Robert Mills Robert Mills Fellowship

Frequently Asked Questions

These FAQs will be updated soon for Call 3. If you have specific questions not answered here or you would like to seek further clarification, please contact the UK Treescapes programme team at uktreescapes@nerc.ukri.org