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November 2021 Project Application 2021 Commercial in confidence © FWPA 2018
Project Proposal Forestry RD&E
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Part A – Project Information and Contact Details
Proposal Number: For FWPA use only
Project Title Project Title (should be brief, self contained & explicit)
Project Description (Up to 30 words to indicate the proposed activity and benefit)
Priority Topics (Investment plan topics addressed by the Project. List Priority Topic Codes and Research sub-topics for each Priority Topic advanced by the proposed activity)
Proposed Start date Proposed Completion date
Contact Information
Researcher Details Name of Organisation
Australian Business Number (ABN) if applicable Contract Manager’s Name
Address: Telephone Fax
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Principal Researcher Details Name of Organisation (if different from above)
Australian Business Number (ABN) if applicable Principal Researcher’s Name
Address: Telephone Fax
Summary of proposed investments in the project1 (All amounts are exclusive of GST)
Source Cash* ($) In-kind ($) Total ($) % by source FWPA Researcher Collaborators TOTAL 100%
* Cash represents total invoiced funds received from FWPA or other project partners by the researcher.
1 All amounts referred to in this proposal are exclusive of GST
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Part B – Certification for Project Co-Investors
Certifications of collaborator cash and in-kind contributions (All amounts are exclusive of GST) I/We declare that:
1. information given in this Application is, to the best of our knowledge and after diligent enquiry, true at the date below;
2. we have the necessary infrastructure to undertake the project within the time proposed; 3. items of equipment or plant for which funds are sought on this project are essential and dedicated to this
project; 4. we agree to provide the financial, human and other resources and/or contributions specified for our
organisation under “Financial Contributions” in this Application; and 5. if the proposal is successful we agree to FWPA publishing the Executive summary, Potential impacts,
and Summary of Proposed Investments in Project from this proposal. [If it is desired to omit any of the information from the Executive summary for commercially sensitive reasons please advise FWPA].
Organisation2 Total cash contribution to project
Date Total in-kind contribution to project
Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)
Title
Organisation Total cash contribution to project
Date Total in-kind contribution to project
Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)
Title
2 Provide full contact details for each collaborator
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Organisation Total cash contribution to project
Date Total in-kind contribution to project
Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)
Title
Duplicate a section as required
Organisation Total cash contribution to project
Date Total in-kind contribution to project
Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)
Title
Organisation Total cash contribution to project
Date Total in-kind contribution to project
Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)
Title
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Part C – Project Specification
Project Information Executive Summary (no more than 400 words)
Project Deliverables (identify/list [what the project will actually produce])
Objective (Key (principal) objective)
Potential Impacts (Expected outcomes, Benefits, How will impacts & benefits be measured?)
Background
Literature Review (State of science/technology)
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Outputs (Science/Technological)
Means of take-up by industry & Communication Plan
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Part D – Project Delivery Mechanism
Project Delivery Mechanism Objectives (Maximum of 3)
Literature review (Broader than in Part B)
Methodology
Linkages with other projects
Skills
Suggested external referees (Name, affiliation, email, phone & address)
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Milestone payment summary (All amounts are exclusive of GST)
Milestone No:
Achievement Date
Milestone Description Total Cost for Milestone ($)
FWPA Payment for Milestone ($)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
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Detailed project budget (All amounts are exclusive of GST)
Cost Item / Year
Year ending 30 June 201__
$
Year ending 30 June 201__
$
Year ending 30 June 201__
$
Year ending 30 June 201__
$
TOTAL $
Salaries Researcher Collaborator 13 Collaborator 2
On costs: Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
Total Salaries Travel
Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
Total Travel Capital
Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
Total Capital Other Operating
Sub-contractors Strategy Adoption
Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
Other costs Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
Total Other Operating
GRAND TOTAL
Insert rows as required
3 Provide Contact details for each collaborator
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Actual investments in project (All amounts are exclusive of GST)
Source Cash ($) In-kind ($) Total ($) % By Source FWPA Researcher Collaborators
Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2
TOTAL 100%
Insert rows as required
Justification of budget items (All amounts are exclusive of GST)
Salaries – Personnel to work on the project Name and role in project
% time on project
Salary for time on project $
Recruited for this Project? (Yes/No)
List all staff members by name. Insert rows as required
Totals Travel (Brief justification)
$ Capital (Brief justification)
$ Operating (Brief justification)
$
Risk Assessment
Project Management System
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Attachment 1
Guidelines for completing Project Proposals The Project Proposal is recognised as being “Commercial-In-Confidence” and will only be distributed to the Company’s advisory bodies and referees on this basis.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. This Project Application 2021 form has been amended for the Forest Grower RD&E Open Call for proposals, 2021. Guidelines for information being sought under the various headings are hyperlinked to the guidelines part of the Project Application form at Attachment 1.
2. All sections of the Project Application 2021 form must be completed.
3. Applications will be assessed competitively. Consideration will be given to (in no particular order):
a. technical merit of the proposal
b. demonstrated need for the project
c. demonstrated understanding of context, issues and current status of knowledge of the proposal topic
d. demonstrated value for money
e. industry/stakeholder support (cash, certified in-kind contributions (see Part B), letters of support)
f. utilization of skills, capacities and expertise of the scientific, general community and the industry through effective collaboration
4. These guidelines must be read in conjunction with the Call for Proposals.
Lodgement (by closing date for submissions)
Electronic copy to be submitted by email to [email protected] as MS Word or PDF attachments
Please remove Attachment 1 when submitting the proposal to FWPA
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Part A – Project Information and Contact details
Project Title Concise self contained and explicit project overview
Project Description Expanded project description up to 30 words to indicate the proposed activity and benefit
Researcher refers to the organisation that will be a party to a formal contract with the Company – the Contract Manager refers to a person responsible for managing the project administratively and for providing regular project updates requested by FWPA, during the project
Principal Researcher refers to the person responsible for carrying out and coordinating the research to be undertaken during the project - Name of organisation refers to principal researcher’s employer
Summary of Proposed Investment in Project – the total funding in this summary should equal the total project cost as per the Project Budget. All amounts referred to in the proposal are exclusive of GST.
Note: Cash represents total invoiced funds received from FWPA or other project partners by the researcher. All amounts referred to in the proposal are exclusive of GST.
Part B – Project Specification
Supplied by addressing the following series of headings: Some aspects of the project will be sought in greater detail in Part C of the proposal.
Executive summary Provide a summary of the research proposed in no more that 400 words – The summary should include a clear indication what the research project will produce with reference to the following:
a brief background;
an outline of the experimental approach to be used; and
the expected outcomes and significance of the work.
For a successful contracted project, this summary will be published on the Company’s website and in publications it produces from time to time (See also Certifications page)
Project deliverables Outputs the research project will actually produce or create. A deliverable is a research product or service created and transferred to or developed for industry/stakeholder adoption and or use, e.g., a decision support system package, process, new sensor etc. Describe each deliverable separately and state clearly the product or service being provided
Objective Statement of the key (principal) project purpose. The key objective must be a precise statement of scientific or technical intent linked to project outputs explicitly and free of impact statements (Impact statements are provided separately). The objective must be realistic and achievable. Part C of the proposal will seek specific components.
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Potential impacts Provide a statement in point-form of the potential impacts and benefits to be gained and how the benefits are going to be measured and over what time frame the proposed benefits will be achieved.
The expected outcomes (results) – what the project is expected to provide;
Benefits to be gained from the project or that will be accrued if/when the outputs are adopted. The benefit must be a net benefit from the achievement of the project’s objectives assuming the results are adopted by industry. They should accrue as:
– Direct costs and benefits – include assumptions (with justification) on rate of adoption, e.g., savings per m3 log, estimate savings to industry at assumed rate of adoption;
– National economic costs and benefits, for example, increasing existing or creating new export markets; decreasing imports; increasing employment; lowering business costs by forest and wood products savings or reducing forest and wood products costs;
– National environmental costs and benefits, for example, reducing emissions (local and/or global); reducing toxic wastes; reducing land and/or water degradation; (The description should include how the benefit will be obtained (e.g. product sales, licenses, forest and wood products savings, etc.) and reasonable quantitative information such as the present size of existing markets; where such markets are; and what the economic and environmental benefits may be if a reasonable penetration of these markets is assumed.
A means of measuring the benefits with an inclusion of justified assumptions. Show what anticipated costs and benefits will result if the outcomes of the research project reach commercial use, and indicate the time frame in which such commercialisation may be achieved.
Background Positioning the project in the context of the industry. Identify and describe the following:
Issues and difficulties experienced currently from industry perspective;
Size of the problem;
Economic or social threats (if any), their impacts together with potential opportunities;
Feasibility/likelihood of the project’s success; and
Barriers to achieving these benefits.
Literature review Provide a concise statement of what is known or the state of science/technology/issue and identify any gaps in the knowledge which are relevant to the project. A more detailed literature review is provided in the Project delivery mechanism (Part C).
Outputs Indicate the Science & Technological outputs expected from the project. The outputs should be linked o the project objectives and should indicate what the project aims to achieve rather than specific product or activity that will be produced.
Means of take up by industry Explain how the deliverables and technology residing in them will be taken up by or transferred to industry (using the following dot points as a guide)
How will the results be adopted, by whom, over what time? Identify clearly who are the targeted users for the outputs of the research;
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Outline the strategy to enable the research results to be adopted and give details of end user involvement in the project;
Indicate the capability of the organisation(s) to achieve successful adoption of the results;
What is the most appropriate form to deliver project outputs to user(s)? (technical report, software, fact sheet(s) etc, demonstration plant or equipment; and
Indicate how the deliverables and technology residing in them will be taken up by or transferred to industry.
Communication Plan How will the outcomes and benefits of the research be communicated to FWPA members, levy payers
and key stakeholders;
Identify appropriate opportunities for publicising project progress via Leading Edge and/or other media; and
Is there a need for one or more end of project seminars for industry audience(s). At least one end of industry seminar should be costed as part of the proposal.
Part C – Project delivery mechanism
Objectives: More detailed statements of the project purpose. No more than three (3) objectives are to be included, as with the principal objective, they must also be precise and free of impact statements
Literature review: Needs to address the following:
State of knowledge of the science/technology/process); and
Gaps in the knowledge – What do we know? What do we need to know? Current state of Science-, Technology- or Policy (with valid citations from the literature and other sources).
Methodology: Specify the project methodology that will be used to achieve the project milestones and outputs. The methodology should provide:
Links to project objectives and deliverables;
Take into consideration technical/experimental risk;
Feasibility of success;
Comparison with state-of-art, in Australia and abroad;
A description of innovative or new features being trialled/proposed; and
A justification of how the proposed work differs from that being done elsewhere.
Linkages with other projects: Provide an indication of linkages to other related investment opportunities in which the Researcher is involved, or other bids for investment in the same area that are currently under consideration, should be provided
Skills: Experience and capability of the personnel and their organisation(s) to achieve the milestones on time including intellectual property
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The following should be provided:
Provide the titles of 5 significant contributions of the principal researcher/investigator from
– Recent peer-reviewed publications; and/or
– Reports/Presentations; and/or
– Consultancies/Other funded projects.
Statement of Intellectual Property relevant for the project
– Background intellectual property (BIP) – Identify any BIP owned by the Researcher to be used or improved by the project. Identify any impediments to its application to the project;
– Third party intellectual property (TIP) – Identify TIP owned by the project collaborators or others likely to be used or improved by the project. The Company will need to be assured that this IP can be used and that the Researcher has made suitable arrangements and has appropriate licenses in place; and
– Project Intellectual Property (PIP) – Briefly indicate whether any commercially valuable IP is likely to be developed during the project and how this might be commercialised.
Detail the relevant experience and capabilities of the personnel to work on the project. Indicate the experience and skills sought of new staff recruited specifically for this project
Suggested external referees: Provide the name and affiliation, contact information (telephone and email) for at least two referees competent to assess the scientific and technical merit and industry benefit of the project deliverables and the capacity of the project proponent to deliver the outputs
Deliverables and Milestones: Deliverable = A research product or service created for use by the clients/customers, e.g., “a sensor for providing drying quality data during drying”
Milestone = A means of delivering the output/s
Output (Expected output) = what the project aims to provide e.g. “A means of improving lumber drying quality by 25%”
Project milestones are assigned by the researcher and should be structured to enable timely delivery of outputs for the smooth running and conclusion of the project.
Milestones
1. First milestone The first milestone can be the signing of the research agreement (contract) upon which the FWPA will pay up to 20% of its total agreed investment if required.
2. General Project Milestones Project performance will be measured by progress towards specified outputs achieved by milestones. The FWPA will make payments only against the successful achievement of milestones demonstrating the clear link to outputs after endorsement by the project Steering Committee. A project deliverable is equivalent to an output which is a research product or service created and transferred to or made available for organisations or individuals external to the research provider.
3. Penultimate milestone Should include the draft final milestone report endorsed by the project Steering Committee, and any other deliverables specified contractually for which payment will be made. The draft final technical report will be sent for external peer review by FWPA and returned to the researcher for amendment as required (Amended final report).
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4. Last milestone Upon receipt of the Amended final project report, and the Audited final financial report (AFFR) a non-technical report, final payment will be made after acceptance and approval by Company’s R&D Manager.
An example of a large hypothetical project is shown in Figure 1 indicating the relationship between objectives, outcomes and milestones.
Figure 1 Example of Deliverables and Milestones In this hypothetical example a large project has the maximum three objectives, each objective having: three, two and one outcome respectively and each outcome with its corresponding milestones. The timing of the milestones needs to be arranged to fit within a reasonable achievable timeframe consistent with FWPA’s AAD milestone timing schedule.
Key Objective
Objective 2 Objective 3Objective 1
Outcome 2 Outcome 3Outcome 1 Outcome 2Outcome 1 Outcome 1
Milestone 2
Milestone 4
Milestone 1
Milestone 6Milestone 5
Milestone 8
Milestone 3
Milestone 7Milestone 9
Milestone payment summary: (This part becomes the contractual obligation for project delivery
Milestones for research projects are set at reasonable Researcher set intervals in accordance the AAD (April, August, December delivery schedule). This table provides a summary of milestone payments to be made during the life of the project. The payment dates and payment amounts entered in this table are used by the FWPA’s electronic Project Management system.
NB Consistency of milestone dates throughout the proposal:
Data for the milestone delivery dates provided here must to be consistent with the rest of the document notably the project Start and Completion shown in Part A, and the Project Deliverables & Milestones Table (Part C); and
All milestones must be linked to a payment and they must align with the AAD delivery schedule.
Detailed project budget: The Total Project Cost must identify all anticipated costs associated with the project including those that will be funded from “in-kind” and other contributions.
Total Project Cost – all costs are to be GST exclusive from all collaborators. NB: The project Total budget cost must equal the total Actual investments (the receipts for the project)
Salaries – should be a total of all direct salaries paid pro rata to staff engaged on the project. Details of individuals participating in the project are sought later in the proposal (Personnel to Work on the Project).
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The Researcher must be prepared to provide the Company with detailed salary information if requested to do so. The Company may randomly audit this information;
On-costs – Proponents may include actual or up to 25% of direct salaries as direct salary on-costs;
Travel – comprises fares, accommodation, subsistence and related expenses. A sub-total against each of these categories should be shown;
Capital items – Capital items are regarded as real or personal property items with an individual purchase price greater than $5,000. These should be itemised in the Total Project Cost; and
Other Operating – Operating costs may include expendable laboratory and field items, and vehicle running costs. Items identified as required for the project may be consolidated into logical groupings similar to those shown – additional categories may be added. Other costs may include a proponent’s overheads but must be identified as such.
Actual investments in project: Summary of project investments. This is the same as the summary table in Part A
Justification of budget items: Salaries – List the following for staff engaged on the project:
Names;
The percentage of time each member is to spend on the project;
Their salary cost to the project for the proportion of time spent on the project per year; and
Names of staff recruited for the project.
Travel
Identify the travel required for the project and the basis of costing it; and
Explain why travel is required.
Capital items (Costing >$5,000)
Show the cost of each new item of equipment to be purchased; and
Explain why this equipment is needed.
Other Operating
Identify the materials that will be consumed during the life of the project and the basis of their cost;
Explain why these materials are needed;
Identify other equipment items (other than capital items listed above) to be purchased for the project
Identify depreciation on existing equipment, lease costs, maintenance costs and basis of any charges for use of existing equipment;
Identify all known overhead costs, or if using a formula, provide a justification for its use with full details of the factors used in its derivation;
Identify any subcontractor(s) and the costs of engagement (N.B. certain clauses in FWPA’s contract cover aspects of the responsibility by the Researcher for subcontracts;
Explain why the subcontractor(s) would need to be engaged;
Explain any other costs of the project not covered above;
Technology transfer and adoption costs are particularly important, i.e. any expected costs related to transferring the project results to the next stage of commercialisation; and
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Explanation of why are these other expenses needed.
Risk Assessment (Social /Environmental): In the research project context, risk can be described as the chance of something occurring that will impact on the achievement of the objectives – risk can be measured in terms of the likelihood of the event occurring and its potential consequences. Identify any risks to achieving the project objectives and delivery of the outputs, and provide strategies to minimise this risk.
Project Management System: Provide details of the Project Management System you will use to ensure that the project outcomes will be delivered on time and within budget.
Part D Certification for project Co-investors
Certifications of collaborator cash and in-kind contributions (Co-investment): This is an important section and must be provided before a proposal will be considered. It must provide signatures and full contact details from all collaborators who intend to co-invest in the project.
Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate co-investment. Please note that the FWPA has a policy of providing only up to 50% of the total budget for a project. Co-investment can be in the form of cash, in-kind contribution or a combination of both;
Collaboration or joint ventures; and
Preference will also be given to applications that maximise utilisation of the skills and resources of the research community and industry through effective collaboration or joint ventures.
For each collaborator, clearly set out the contribution of their skills to the project,
– why including them in the application will be beneficial to achievement and adoption of the outputs.
– Letters of commitment from each of the nominated collaborators should be provided and submitted with the proposal; and
Information about linkages to other investment opportunities in which the Researcher is involved, or other bids for investment in the same area that are currently under consideration, should be provided.
[Note: The proposal must include signatures from all the co-investors (via signed Certification sheets) before submission to FWPA for processing]
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Priority Topics The following is a list of RD&E topics summarised from the FWPA Forestry RD&E Investment Plans, rated as either 3 (high priority) or 2 (medium priority) for collaborative investment by FWPA member growers. Proposals must list the Priority Topic Code (from column 2) and Research sub-topic (from column 5) for each Priority Topic that the proposal will advance.
If the proposal does not address one or more Priority Topics, enter “none” followed by a brief explanation of the importance of the proposed project and support by industry.
Investment Plan Priority Topic Code
Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating
Damage Agents FDA 1.1.1 Long-established damage agents
Development of forest surveillance methods
Drought-risk - retrospective analysis Medium
Damage Agents FDA 1.1.2 Delivering surveillance products Medium
Damage Agents FDA 1.2.1 Climate change -adapting to heatwaves
Understanding and managing the threat from heatwaves
Medium
Damage Agents FDA 1.3.1 Maintaining effective management procedures
Sirex biocontrol High
Damage Agents FDA 1.3.2 Leaf beetle integrated pest management
High
Damage Agents FDA 1.3.3 Gonipterus biocontrol Medium
Damage Agents FDA 1.3.4 Risk-based management of mammal browsing
High
Damage Agents FDA 1.3.5 Review Teratosphaeria research High
Damage Agents FDA 2.1.1 Newly-established exotic damage agents
Myrtle rust diagnostics and pathways
Myrtle rust diagnostics and pathways High
Damage Agents FDA 2.1.2 Giant pine scale biocontrol
Giant pine scale biocontrol High
Damage Agents FDA 3.1.1 National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
Reducing the risk of exotic threats through improved surveillance
Collate historical forest pest data High
Damage Agents FDA 3.1.2 Guidelines to determine pest status (native or exotic)
High
Damage Agents FDA 3.1.3 Conduct forest specific national blitz surveys
Medium
Damage Agents FDA 3.2.1 Review diagnostic capability Medium
Damage Agents FDA 3.2.2 Develop National Diagnostic Protocols for forest HPPs
High
Damage Agents FDA 3.2.3 Develop diagnostic methods and tools
High
Damage Agents FDA 3.3.1 Review forest surveillance capability / capacity
High
Damage Agents FDA 3.3.2 Develop National HPP Surveillance Protocols
Medium
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Investment Plan Priority Topic Code
Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating
Damage Agents FDA 3.3.3 Support general surveillance for HPPs Medium
Damage Agents FDA 3.4.1 Data integration Medium
Damage Agents FDA 3.5.1 Reducing the risk of exotic damage agents not amenable to surveillance
Review threats not amenable to surveillance
Medium
Damage Agents FDA 3.6.1 Design and optimised HRSS program Medium
Fire FIR 1.1.1 Research into fire topics
Understanding the context
Data collection (Establishing the baseline for analysing benefits and costs).
High
Fire FIR 1.1.2 Characterisation of fire impacts on commercial forest assets. (Identifying the risks to the industry).
High
Fire FIR 1.1.3 Refinements for plantation fire spread modelling
High
Fire FIR 1.1.4 Investigation of Monte Carlo (stochastic) modelling for longer term fire modelling predictions.
High
Fire FIR 1.1.5 Effectiveness of suppression strategies.
High
Fire FIR 1.1.6 Analysis of plantation design and rotational management for forest fire mitigation
High
Fire FIR 1.2.1 Appreciating future plantation fire risks
Determining the metrics for softwood and hardwood plantation flammability.
High
Fire FIR 1.2.2 Appreciating future plantation fire risks
Understanding flammability pathways within softwood and hardwood plantations, and the impacts that climate change and management practices have on plantation flammability trajectories.
High
Fire FIR 1.3.1 Reducing forest fire risk
Analysis of remote systems (cameras, satellites, probes and their sensors either in-situ, on aircraft, or on drones) for detection of wildfire ignitions and environmental inputs (e.g. soils and fuel moisture contents) for forest fire management predictive systems.
High
Fire FIR 2.1.1 Development of fire research outputs
Decision support tool Developing methodologies to utilise sensor technology for environmental data collection (e.g. fuel moisture content) for advanced notification when areas will become available to conduct prescribed burning within prescriptions.)
Medium
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Investment Plan Priority Topic Code
Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating
Fire FIR 2.1.2 Predictive model to display forest fuel and grassland moisture forward estimates from remote sensing methods
High
Fire FIR 2.1.3 Decision support tool for evaluating (tenure blind) fuel management strategies.
Medium
Fire FIR 2.1.4 Fire preparedness decision support tools for rapid resource response in preparation of, and in response, to bushfire ignitions.
Medium
Fire FIR 2.1.5 Economic decision support tools for alternative plantation landscape designs.
Medium
Fire FIR 2.1.6 Economic decision support tools for alternative plantation landscape designs.
High
Genetics GEN 1.1.1 Foundation research
Development and Application of Genomic Tools
Build complete and annotated reference genomes for Pinus radiata, Slash x Caribbean pine hybrid, Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens.
High
Genetics GEN 1.1.2 Build complete and annotated reference genomes for Pinus radiata, Slash x Caribbean pine hybrid, Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens.
High
Genetics GEN 1.2.1 Development and deployment of a radiata pine SNP V2.0 Chip for genotyping
High
Genetics GEN 1.3.1 Convert genomic tools for pedigree reconstruction
High
Genetics GEN 3.1.1 Breeding Plantation Pinus sp. and Eucalypt sp. for Climate Change
Characterising diversity within ecologically and economically important softwoods and hardwoods: national breeding program and natural provenance genetic resources
Utilise and compliment the genomic tools to identify important germplasm to assist in the breeding of elite material suited to climate variability including new and untested plantation sites.
Medium
Genetics GEN 3.1.2 The genotyping of existing populations that have extensive phenotypic data (including site and environmental characterisation)
Integrate processing information to add to the phenotypic dataset. .
High
Genetics GEN 3.2.1 Integrate processing information to add to the phenotypic dataset. .
High
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Investment Plan Priority Topic Code
Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating
Genetics GEN 3.2.2 Identifying and characterising non-key traits such as internal checking (INC), external resin bleeding (ERB) and number of heartwood rings (NHR).
The development of a breeding values for Pinus radiata and Southern Pine genome wide selection programs.
Medium
Genetics GEN 4.1.1 Maintaining Genetic Diversity within Australia’s Pinus sp. plantations
Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges
Establishment of an ‘off-shore’ research program for the purpose of evaluating the current level of susceptibility / tolerance / resistance of Australian Pinus sp.
Medium
Genetics GEN 4.1.2 Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges
Undertake a review of current quarantine restrictions
Medium
Genetics GEN 4.1.3 Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges
Identifying and evaluating methods and processes for germplasm exchange/transfer
Medium
Genetics GEN 5.1.1 Building an Australian plantation industry platform for the future bio-economy
Breeding for future forest products
Identifies the bio-economy generated products that will be generated from a plantation forestry-based bio-economy
Medium
Genetics GEN 6.1.1 Plantation Tree Breeding and Genetic Improvement for Enhanced Value Capture
Integration of sawmill processing data into tree breeding and genetic improvement programs focusing on wood properties
Big data management and wood properties
High
Genetics GEN 6.1.2 Identify and characterise ‘new product’ traits including improved stability, durability, appearance and wood fibre traits
Breeding for future forest products Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.1 Productivity Productivity Commercial thinning guided by remote sensing
High
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.2 Remote sensing regeneration success Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.3 Integrated harvesting of high-graded forests
Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.4 Options for improving jarrah productivity
High
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.6 Understanding needs of private native forest growers
Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.7 Climate-adapted protocols for provenances and species
High
Native forest silviculture
NFS 1.1.8 Decision-support apps for harvest planning
Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 2.1.1 Sustainability credentials
Sustainability credentials
Guidelines for responsible recovery of timber from burnt forests
High
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Investment Plan Priority Topic Code
Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating
Native forest silviculture
NFS 2.1.2 Coarse Woody Debris prescriptions for high residue removals
Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 2.1.3 National workshop on long-term monitoring
Medium
Native forest silviculture
NFS 3.1.1 Social Acceptance Social Acceptance Reduced reliance on clearfalling and burning
High
Native forest silviculture
NFS 4.1.3 Training materials (procedural manuals/videos/apps) for native forest growers, employees and contractors)
High
Nutrition NUT 1.1.1 All forest types Site and productivity mapping
Fine-scale data (region-to-stand levels) on stand condition and history, soil properties, and climate, with links to yield predictions systems that indicate potential yield, likely attainable rain-fed yield, and the role of different factors including nutrition in closing the yield gap across multiple rotations
High
Nutrition NUT 1.1.2 Knowledge systems Knowledge capture and training systems (Delivery of R&D)
Medium
Nutrition NUT 1.1.4 Maintaining site productivity
Nutrient value of slash in relation to fertilisation
High
Nutrition NUT 2.1.1 Hardwood plantations
Nutrient deficiencies Methods for diagnosing nutrient deficiencies
Medium
Nutrition NUT 2.1.2 Fertilizer responses Quantification of responses to fertilizer and the development of prediction systems and fertilizer recommendations
High
Nutrition NUT 2.1.3 Maintaining site productivity
Operational management systems for conserving and managing slash
Medium
Nutrition NUT 3.1.1 Softwood plantations
Knowledge systems Capture and adopt widely the considerable existing knowledge base on nutrient responses from establishment through to canopy closure and following thinning.
High
Nutrition NUT 3.1.2 Nutrient management Nutrient requirements across multiple rotations, particularly for rarely studied for nutrients such as Ca, K and trace elements
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 1.1.1 Market and product specifications
Silviculture and wood products
Research into fit for purpose of wood type to products
High
Plantation silviculture
PSI 2.1.1 Social license to operate
A focus on social license Enabling of forest operations High
Plantation silviculture
PSI 2.2.1 Current chemical approaches
Enabling of forest operations Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 2.3.1 A holistic approach Enabling of forest operations Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 2.4.1 Alternative weed control method
Working towards continued use of a range of herbicides and methods
High
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Plantation silviculture
PSI 3.1.1 Sustainability and productivity
Site selection and management
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 3.2.1 Maintenance of site productivity
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 3.3.1 Operational capturing of potential yields
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 3.4.1 Impact of productivity on wood properties
Development of improved log attributes for specific products
High
Plantation silviculture
PSI 4.1.1 Biotic agents, pests and disease
Document the drivers of poor survival
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
High
Plantation silviculture
PSI 4.2.1 Silviculture and risk issues
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 4.3.1 Management of the risks
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 5.1.1 Stand management – stocking
Stand management – stocking
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
Medium
Plantation silviculture
PSI 5.2.1 Knowledge management
Improving productivity and plantation resilience
High
Resource modelling/remote sensing
RMR 2.1.1
A centralised approach
A centralised approach applied to resource modelling
A collaborative and efficient management of resource modelling obligations
High
Resource modelling/remote sensing
RMR 3.1.1
Growth models in resource modelling
Remote sensing replacement of traditional inventory data capture
Adaption and adoption of technology High
Resource modelling/remote sensing
RMR 4.1.1
Resolution of forestry
The non-resource modelling needs of forestry in regard to remote sensing
Precision requirements: the scope of systems down to the individual tree
High
Resource modelling/remote sensing
RMR 5.1.1
An evaluation of remote sensing options and opportunities
Adoption and adaption of technology
Leverage gains from other industries High
Resource modelling/remote sensing
RMR 6.1.1
Data Data sources and management
Big data and big data management High
Operations and supply chain
SCO 1.1.1 Improved utilisation of existing systems and technology through data analysis and extension
Implementation of new knowledge
Development of training solutions High
Operations and supply chain
SCO 2.1.1 Improved data acquisition, retention and management for supply chain ROI
Big data management Data management, capture and use Medium
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Operations and supply chain
SCO 3.1.1 Increasing the total resource ROI through extended product identification, capture and delivery
Enhanced forest products capture
Recovery of forest products from residues
High
Operations and supply chain
SCO 4.1.1 Improved supply chain management frameworks and systems with increased integrations towards more efficient, safer and profitable operations
Supply chain management
Supply chain efficiency, safety and compliance
Medium
Operations and supply chain
SCO 4.1.2 ROI driven supply chains High
Operations and supply chain
SCO 4.1.3 Harvester head technology High
Operations and supply chain
SCO 4.1.4 Management of within supply chain inventories
High
Soil microbiome SMB 1.1.1
Nursery practices
Microbiota and seedling fertilisation
Developing complementary microbiota and fertilisation strategies.
Developing complementary microbiota and fertilisation strategies, e.g., tailored inoculum, modified fertilisation.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 2.1.1
Nursery practices
Seed and seedling inoculation
Improved nursery efficiency, increased survival at out-planting, and long-term tree productivity
Better understanding of mycorrhiza and beneficial fungi management.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 2.1.2
Tailoring inoculants using a bespoke combination (‘recipe’) of microbiota for individual sites and/or species.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 2.1.3
Assessing effectiveness of seed treatment (as well as seedling treatments).
Medium
Soil microbiome SMB 2.1.4
Quantifying effects of Trichoderma on growth and disease suppression in nurseries.
Medium
Soil microbiome SMB 3.1.1
Nursery practices
Microbiota and fungicide use in nurseries
Developing microbiota and fungicide strategies to provide disease treatment as well as microbiome benefits.
Developing microbiota and fungicide strategies to provide disease treatment as well as microbiome benefits.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 3.1.2
Better understanding of interactions of fungicides with mycorrhiza
Medium
Soil microbiome SMB 4.1.1
Forest management
Soil health monitoring
Measurement and use of indicators of soil biotic health and biodiversity.
Developing robust quantitative and qualitative measures of soil biotic health and biodiversity specific to forest soils
High
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Soil microbiome SMB 5.1.1
Forest management
Harvest operations and residues
Managing harvest operations, soil disturbance, and residues for positive effects on soil microbiome populations, especially under multi-rotations
Understanding effects of harvest operations, e.g., slash management, stump removal on beneficial soil microorganisms.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 5.1.2
Developing recommendations for slash management to maximise tree productivity through soil microbiome benefits
High
Soil microbiome SMB 5.1.3
Comparison of the effect of burning versus mechanical fuel reduction strategies on the functionality of the soil microbiome*
Medium
Soil microbiome SMB 6.1.1
Forest management
Inoculation and supplementation of standing trees
Improved growth and productivity of standing trees through inoculation and supplementation of the microbiome.
Measuring soil microbiome factors and tailoring inoculants for standing trees using a bespoke combination (‘recipe’) of microbiota for individual sites and/or species.
High
Soil microbiome SMB 6.1.2
Strategies involving fertiliser or other soil adjuvants to improve soil microbiome performance.
Medium
Soil microbiome SMB 7.1.1
Forest management
Climate change adaptation
Augment tolerance of standing estate through increased resilience to climate variability and extremes
Strategies for manipulating ACC deaminase to make trees more drought stress tolerant
Medium
National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
BSS 2.1.2 Develop a web portal
High
National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
BSS 2.1.3 Develop awareness materials
High
National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
BSS 3.2.2 Forest node in the National Diagnostic Network
High
National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
BSS 3.4.4 Forest biosecurity training framework & modules
High
National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy
BSS 4.3.2 Develop Incursion Preparedness Plans
High
Priority identified since publication of investment
PIP 1.1.1 Control of blackberry in forest settings
Unrated
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plans
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PIP 1.2.1 Link between silviculture and wood properties through a breeding program e.g. physical dimensions of corewood vs. sapwood
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PIP 1.3.1 Carbon accounting for managed native forests and soil in forest settings
Unrated
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PIP 1.4.1 Alternative species for future predicted climates
Unrated
Priority identified since publication of investment plans
PIP 1.5.1 Detailed, regional future climate modelling, building on work done by CSIRO to develop the ‘proof of concept’ Forest Climate Risk Tool
Unrated
Priority identified since publication of investment plans
PIP 1.6.1 Sustainable management for koalas
Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the population dynamics of koalas in forests – e.g. use of refuges, plantation landscape design
Unrated
Priority identified since publication of investment plans
PIP 1.6.2 Sustainable management for koalas
Safe detection of koalas in forests Unrated