The IDS gives grants and bursaries in support of its declared aims: to promote the study and enjoyment of trees and other woody plants, to bring together dendrologists from all round the world, and to protect and conserve rare and endangered plant species worldwide.
The most important ongoing project is the creation of IDS Trees and Shrubs Online, a resource freely available to all.
GRANTS: We have contributed to a wide range of researches to do with woody plants, and supported various publications; all such grants are accorded reports in our Yearbook. We do not as a general rule offer grants to individuals for further education.
TRAVEL BURSARIES: Since 2011 we have given bursaries to young dendrologists so they could join IDS tours. Latterly we have been able to offer multiple bursaries, according to funds. The bursary recipients undertake to write a report published in the Yearbook, and we also feature accounts of these travels in our webinars.
In 2025 applicants were offered a choice of destinations. The quality of applicants was high and we have been able to send five people on tours to Montenegro, China and Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Bursary for 2026 will be announced in mid-October.
FUNDING: Part of the funding for travel bursaries and other grants comes from generous committed multi-year donations from IDS members who feel passionately about up and coming horticulturalists and botanists having the opportunity to see trees and woody plants in the wild or in a very different environment to their own. If discussing making donations would be of interest, please contact us.
If you are seeking funding for a project that might accord with our declared interests, forms for application can be found here [institution] [individual]
