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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.

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 24 November 2025
Last updated 25 February 2026 show all updates
  1. Changed title of 'Successful projects 2025' to 'Round 4 funded projects' and added HTML attachments summarising successful projects from rounds 1-3.

  2. First published.

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