Welcome to the Scottish Foresty Trust website

Who We Are

The Scottish Forestry Trust is the leading Charitable Trust providing funds for research, education and training in support of UK Forestry.

Established in 1983 by a gifting of share capital, the Trust is a registered charity (Scottish Charity No. SCO08465) and has a remit to provide funds to support forestry research, education and training projects throughout the UK.  Since 1983, we have provided nearly £2.1m to fund around 150 projects ranging from supporting post graduate industry applied research, social and environmental forestry, policy formulation and broader public education and awareness.

What We Do

The Scottish Forestry Trust supports forestry in the UK by contributing to the scientific, technical and economic information required to support its development. Projects in all of the sciences, which bear upon forestry, may be supported.  Priority is given to proposals that address industry needs and can be related to the growing, harvesting and processing of trees; the social and environmental impacts of woodlands and forest ecosystems and to emerging policy issues that surround forests and woodlands.  

We provide financial support for individuals, organisations and research institutions by way of grant funding to assist work which involving education, research or training leading to the development of UK forestry.  With assistance from the Forestry Commission, our Bursary Scheme will help to fund post-graduate and masters degrees tackling many of the key issues affecting the future of forestry in this country.

Our Annual Report gives a flavour of the projects and initiatives we support and the latest report can be viewed here.

Help us to do more

The challenges for forests and woodlands are continually changing with the current threats of pests and diseases from Chalara fraxinea and Dothistroma septosporum being just two.

You can read a recent joint article on ash dieback by SFT Trustee, Dr Steve Woodward here.

You can help us to support research to tackle these threats by donating to our funds.  For further information on making a donation large or small, please contact the director.