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Tree Production Innovation Fund: funded projects

Find out about funded projects that are enhancing and facilitating tree production methods used in England.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Published: 24 November 2025
• Last updated: 25 February 2026
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  1. 25 February 2026

     Changed title of 'Successful projects 2025' to 'Round 4 funded projects' and added HTML attachments summarising successful projects from rounds 1-3.

  2. 24 November 2025

     First published.

Applies to England

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Round 4 funded projects

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Round 3 funded projects

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Round 2 funded projects

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Details

Funding has been awarded to organisations including universities, specialist manufacturers, charities and cooperatives. All are working to increase the efficiency, sustainability and resilience of UK tree production. 

Projects include using 3D X-ray technology to optimise seed quality, exploring rapid breeding techniques for conifers and developing automated tree grading systems using artificial intelligence.

Read more about some of the projects on Tree and seed production case studies.