FWPA’s RD&E program invests in projects in three areas of Market Access and Development, Wood Products and Sustainability & Resources.
The projects and their resultant outcomes are published on the FWPA website. Listed below are some recently completed projects and their associated links.
Completed Projects
| Project Numbers | Project Title |
| PRA344-1415 | Life Cycle Assessment of a 5 Storey Residential Building in Parkville |
| PRA350-1415 | Review of new and emerging international wood modification technologies |
| PNC209-1011 | Genetic Selection Tools for Enhanced Wood Properties and Plantation Productivity in Australia’s Temperate Eucalypts (The Hottest 1000) |
New Projects
| Project (Research Provider) | FWPA invests | Total budget | |
| Thought leadership for Forest Industry Council (Ernst & Young) | 68,600 | 68,600 | |
| Development of an FWPA Research and Development Investment Plan for hardwood products: performance, yield and market opportunities (CSAW) | 25,000 | 25,000 | |
| Evaluating the costs and benefits of managing new and existing biosecurity threats to Australia’s plantation industry (USC) | 60,000 | 146,524 | |
| Discovery and application of DNA markers for resistance to Teratosphaeria in E. globulus. (Gondwana Genomics) | 120,000 | 372,031 | |
| Strength verification of MDF products and fitness for purpose in structural applications (USC) | 91,970 | 334,900 | |
| Wood works field force study (Frog N Wood Communications) | 10,707 | 10,707 | |
| FWPA R&D Investment Plan for: Fire Performance in residential medium to high density dwellings (EFT Consulting) | 11,392 | 11,392 | |
| Benefit-cost analysis for FWPA’s generic marketing investments (CIE) | 75,000 | 75,000 | |
| Timber Flooring Systems market research (Pollinate) | 29,000 | 29,000 | |
| Active genetic conservation and utilisation of native radiata pine germplasm – Stage II (STBA) | 90,000 | 78,000 |
