Grants and Contributions:
Develop and implement tools to characterize tree health, and product content. The proponent will also improve on the Northern Hardwoods Research Institute’s existing SPS so that it is climate smart and operational, will automate decision making to reduce field work to diagnose stands, and will also effectively mobilize this content through the development of training packages and delivery of workshops.
Amendment: Value / Award previously disclosed for the 3rd Quarter of 2023-2024. Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.
The objective of the Forest Innovation Program (FIP) is to enable transformation in the Canadian forest industry. More specifically, the FIP will help drive forest sector transformation, sparking enterprises in their move beyond a dependence on commodity products toward value-added, high-value and specialty products – sustainably extracting the maximum value from the fibre resource. To achieve this, the FIP will facilitate and promote a value-chain approach that addresses innovation from the seed to the end markets and products in which the right fibre is matched to the right product.