Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund
The Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund is an NSRC funding track designed to develop Indigenous cultural, intellectual, and traditional sovereignty through applied forest research as well as supporting Indigenous youth facing structural inequities in forest research opportunity.
Previous RFPs
2025 Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund Request for Proposals – NOW CLOSED
Funded projects will be announced here in the coming weeks.
NSRC awarded up to $1.2 million in 2025 to support projects with budgets ranging from $75,000 to $500,000 for one- to three-year funding terms. Project leaders and/or project settings are all directly related to Tribal homelands/territories or ancestral territories of the NSRC region (i.e., the Northern Forest region that includes Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and/or Vermont).
2023-2024 Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund Request for Proposals – NOW CLOSED
View Press Release announcing the six funded 2024 IFKF projects.
The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) recognizes and respects the deep, primary knowledge of Tribal Nations in the Northern Forest and is excited to announce the 2024 request for proposals (RFP) for the NSRC Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF).
Request for Proposals
- 2023-24 IFKF Request for Proposals (PDF)
- 2024 Budget Template and Narrative (XLSX)
- 2024 IFKF RFP Press Release
- 2024 IFKF FAQ (PDF)
Contacts
For questions and more information about this RFP, please contact your state’s NSRC manager.