CRSF has fully embraced the land grant university mission of research, education, and service. In terms of research, CRSF continues to led on multiple stakeholder-led research efforts including the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (CFRU), Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS), Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC), and the National Science Foundation Track 2 project entitled INSPIRES. […]
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CRSF has grown significantly in its capacity and overall impact over the past four years. This document summarizes successes and challenges accomplished on multiple fronts, including research, outreach, and education.
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Highlights Despite the shutdowns associated with the global pandemic, CRSF programs and scientists continued to pursue forest-related research and produce significant results. Output for CRSF researchers include 16 journal articles, 39 presentations/meetings, 8 research reports, 5 theses, 7 media-related publications, 45 videos. During FY21 (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021), CRSF researchers were awarded $2,205,545 to […]
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Highlights In FY20, CRSF researchers brought in 13 awards worth $4,303,096. This is an increase of nearly $3.75M from FY19. CRSF researchers submitted 20 proposals in FY20 that, if awarded, could bring in more than $5M in extramural funding. A key source of financial support for the CRSF is provided by the Maine Economic Improvement […]
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