Russell Grimwade Prize worth $40,000
The Russell Grimwade Prize encourages the advancement of forest science in Australia and will be awarded to an Australian citizen or resident looking to undertake postgraduate studies in this area. The total prize value is $40,000 and can be used to meet all or part of the costs for postgraduate studies at an appropriate tertiary education institution in Australia or overseas.
The successful recipient will have a degree or diploma from an Australian forestry tertiary institution and have been employed for at least two years in a forestry or forest management related field.
Application for the Russell Grimwade Prizes are now closed.
Latest News
On behalf of its members and stakeholders, FWPA supports and manages a wide range of activities through five strategic programs. Here you’ll find the latest news, updates and links to online resources.
Recent
31.08.18 Tasmania Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry
15.08.18 Forest industry adds 7.3 billion to Victorian economy: research
14.08.18 Predict forestry climate change with the click of a mouse thanks to new...
06.08.18 New podcast WoodChat to highlight the latest Australian forest and wood...
08.06.18 Predict forestry climate change with the click of a mouse with new tool
Events Calendar
From stakeholder engagement to industry promotion, events are a vital and valuable communication channel. If you have an industry-related event that you would like listed here, please contact us.
Recent
Documents
Communicating and disseminating the results of research and development projects enables industry to make more informed decisions and adopt best practices.
Recent
28.11.18 Trialling the Value of RFID Technology in Prefabricated Timber...
06.11.18 “Boxed-Heart” Posts From Small-Diameter Durable-Eucalypt Plantation...
08.10.18 Optimising remotely acquired, dense point cloud data for plantation...
23.07.18 The potential to recover veneer based product from low grade native forest...
06.07.18 Study the influence of perpendicular to grain compression and creep in 4 to...
Webinars
R&DWorks webinars are invaluable opportunities to catch up with the latest research results and best practice processes. On this page you’ll find links to recorded presentations.
Recent
31.05.18 Webinar: ABARES Draft Work Plan 2018-2022
25.09.17 Webinar: Reducing costs in the wood supply chain through controlling the...
06.09.17 Costs and benefits of forest biosecurity
03.07.17 Webinar: Remote sensing of land-use-specific actual evapotranspiration of...
04.05.17 Discovery and application of DNA markers for resistance to Teratosphaeria...
Podcasts
FWPA has launched the inaugural series of its new podcast, WoodChat. Each episode in the six-part pilot series will include an in-depth conversation with experts on a different industry-related news story, discovery or innovation.
Our 5 Company Programs
FWPA Newsletters
FWPA publishes the industry newsletters, R&DWorks and ForWood. In addition, we have the WoodSolutions newsletter addressing design and build specifiers – architects, building designers, engineers and others involved in specifying the choice of building materials, as well as the Wood.Naturally Better. ™ Partner Update. ForestLearning is FWPA’s quarterly newsletter that provides information on Australian forests and forest-based products to teachers and educators, school children and the public.
