New Climate and Biodiversity Research Grant Opportunity from the ASLA Fund
The ASLA Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, has announced $25,000 in national competitive research grants.
The ASLA Fund invites landscape architecture educators to develop succinct and impactful research reviews that investigate evidence of the benefits of landscape architecture solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.
The goals of the research reviews are to:
- Understand and summarize the current state of knowledge.
- Synthesize the research literature and provide insights, leveraging key data- and science-based evidence.
- Create accessible executive summaries in plain language for policymakers, community advocates, and practicing landscape architects.
Over the next few years, the research review series will cover solutions to a range of issues, but the first ASLA Fund research grants in 2023 will focus on:
- Landscape Architecture Solutions to Biodiversity Loss
- Landscape Architecture Solutions to Extreme Heat
Each grant will offer $12,500. The research grant period will run from June to the end of this year. The research surveys will be peer reviewed, and the ASLA Fund will encourage re-publishing the research in academic journals.
The grants are open to landscape architecture educators who are currently affiliated with a university, have a graduate degree, and have published at least one peer-reviewed research paper. ASLA members and non-members can submit proposals.
Grant proposals are due Friday, April 28. Please submit your proposal at https://www.asla.org/evidence