2026 ForestGEO Workshop - Call for Proposals
We are pleased to announce that the 2026 ForestGEO Analytical Workshop will be held in Krabi, Thailand, co-hosted by Drs. Nantachai Pongpattananurak, Sangsan Phumsathan, and Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin at Kasetsart University Faculty of Forestry, Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop will be held from 12-27 June 2026. The specific location of the workshop is still in planning.
During the workshop we will work in small groups focused on specific research topics. This year, one breakout group will focus on tropical tree mortality as part of the NSF-funded Accelnet project, Alliance for Tropical Forest Science (ATFS), and another group will focus on analysis and integration of data from the GEO-TREES forest biomass reference system project. Other group topics may include: demography, biomass/carbon stocks and fluxes, spatial pattern analysis, phenology and seed/seedling ecology, and eco-evolutionary studies.
Applications outside of these areas will be considered if the work is strongly tied to ForestGEO sites and data (see below).
All interested participants must send a short (≤ 2 page) description of their proposed project, and 2-page CV, to Lauren Krizel, ForestGEO Program Manager (ForestGEO@si.edu) by 13 February 2026. Please submit as one PDF document.
All proposals must use ForestGEO or GEO-TREES plot data as a core part of their research plan, OR be involved in the tropical tree mortality working group of the ATFS AccelNet project. Applicants do not need to be associated with a site prior to applying, but each applicant will need to contact a site PI prior to submitting a proposal and include correspondence with the PI in the application (correspondence can be included in addition to the 4-page limit).
Applications will be reviewed based on novelty of research plan, data availability, strength of project hypotheses, and alignment with workshop topics. Proposals must indicate the specific research topic for their application. Only applicants who are available to stay for the entire 2-week duration of the workshop will be considered.
No joint proposals will be considered. If a proposal includes two applicants, only one person may be considered to attend the workshop.
As in past workshops, we encourage applications from a diversity of participants from different backgrounds, geographies, and career statuses. Please encourage your students, postdocs, and plot colleagues to apply. ForestGEO will cover the costs of participation for successful applications. However, due to funding limitations, we will not be able to accept all meritorious applications.
Please contact Lauren Krizel (krizell@si.edu) or Stuart Davies (daviess@si.edu) with any questions, and Daniel Zuleta (dfzuleta@gmail.com) for questions regarding the mortality working group.
