All projects are awarded support funding from the annual call for proposals (CFP).
Reports are listed below in alphabetical order. Full reports available via new links.

• BRIDGE: Biomass Removal Impact on Soil Diversity, Geochemistry and Tree Ecophysiology (CFP 2015) – Report

• EVAQBT2: Investigation, Identification and Characterization of the Effects of the Natural Variability of the Forest Resource for Optimizing the Quality of Thermally Treated Wood (CFP 2012, 2013) – Report

• EWOC-Biosensor: Development of a New Tool for the Detection of Early Wood Decay (CFP 2013) – Report

• INABACT: Impact of Nutrient Availability on the Diversity, Function and Functioning of the Forest Soil Bacterial Communities: Insights from the Soil Succession of the Forest Experimental Site of Montiers-sur-Saulx (CFP 2014) – Report

• INTEGRRust: Molecular Bases of the R-Avr Interaction in the Model Forest Pathosystem Populus-Melampsora through an Integrative Biology Approach (CFP 2013) – Report

• MEPiB-Death: Morphological and Ecophysiological Processes Leading to Beech Tree Death (CFP 2013) – Report

• QLSPIMS: Quantum Leap for Soil-plant Interaction Models (CFP 2012)

• SYMWOOD: Comparative Genomics and Biochemistry of Symbiosis and Wood decay mechanisms in Fungi (CFP 2012) – Report

• WADE: Wood Acclimation to Disturbed Environments (CFP 2012) – Report

• WOHTOC: Wood Heat Treatment, Optimisation and Control (CFP 2015) – Report

• ASCOTUBE: In vitro and in situ Unraveling Truffle Sexual Reproduction Using Ascobolus immersus as a Test Tube Model (CFP 2016)_  Report

• BAFES: Biomass Harvest and Ash Recycling: Impacts on Forest Ecosystem Services Values (CFP 2016) – Report

• BARK-TAN-BIO: Within- and between- tree Biodiversity of Softwood Bark Tannins (CFP 2017) – Report

• BEETWIND: Acclimation of Beech Trees to Change in Wind Mechanical Stress Following Thinning (CFP 2018) – Report

• BLACKSECRET: The Role of Effector-like Small Secreted Proteins (SSP) in the Formation and Functioning of Cenococcum geophilum Ectomycorrhizas (ECM) (CFP 2015) – Report

• BRAWO: Fate of Lignin Altered by Brown Rot And White Rot Fungi (CFP 2018) – Report

• CHM-ERA: Photogrammetric Canopy Height Models to Enhance Forest Resource Assessment (CFP 2016) – Report

• CLIMATRUF: Improving Water Management and Effect of Cultural Techniques on Soil Truffle Mycelium, Truffle Production and Soil Water Balance: Pilot Experiences toward Adaptation of Truffle Orchards to Climate Variations (CFP 2014) – Report

• COHABIT: Controlling Hormonal Balance in Mutualistic Interactions between Trees and Fungi (CFP 2016) – Report

• EFFECTO3-FLUX: Impact de l’ozone et de la sécheresse sur l’allocation du carbone chez le peuplier: conséquences pour la croissance et la production de biomasse ligneuse (CFP 2017) – Report
• ELLIOT : Economic modelling of the international wood trade for an assessment of its economic and environmental impact: a newapproach focused on Asia  AAP 2020

• ERESY: Elucidating the Role(s) of Effector-like Proteins in the Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis (CFP 2015) – Report

• EST: Exploring Symbiotic Genomes and Transcriptomes (CFP 2014) – Report

• GeMM: Genomic, Microbiological and Geochemical Characterization of Mineralosphere (CFP 2018)

• GENTRHI: Interplay between Lateral Gene Transfer in Bacteria and Rhizosphere Functioning (CFP 2018) – Report

• GRECOFORCC: Assessing the Growth of Main European Coniferous Tree Species under a Warmer Climate Regime (CFP 2016) – Report
• INTERPLAY : Resilience to drought of mixed-species ecosystems resulting from the interplay between plant hydraulics and species interactions  AAP 2020

• HFPL: Assessment of the Forest History of the Lorraine Plateau (CFP 2017) – Report

• INTERDROUGHT: Tree Species Interactions under Soil Drought Conditions (CFP 2015) – Report

• METOX: Unravelling New Metal- or Redox-dependent Proteins and Processes in Plants (CFP 2016) – Report
• ModPhenWood : Ecophysiological modelling of the phenology of wood formation in temperate and boreal forest trees  AAP 2020

• NanoSteamEx: Production of Microfibrillated Cellulose by a Steam Explosion Process (CFP 2018)

• OZMYC: Impact of Abiotic Stress (Ozone, drought) on Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis and Role of Ectomycorrhization on Tree Responses (CFP 2018) – Report
• PEPS : Defense Peptides from trees of the Salicaceae family  AAP 2020

• QUALIDAR: Estimating the Quality of Roundwood and Tree Trunks Using LiDAR (CFP 2014) – Report
• QuaPla : Variation of wood properties and structure from innovative plantations in Lorraine: wood quality and its biomechanical implications  AAP 2020

• RESEL: Risk Aversion, Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services Provisioning and Deforestation in Multifunctional Landscape (CFP 2017) – Report

• RootMIX: Are Positive Diversity-production Relationships Mediated by Root Interactions? A Study with Different Forest Mixtures (CFP 2014) – Report

• ROOTUP: Root Water Uptake in Ecosystem Models Constrained by Water Isotopes and Chloride Concentrations (CFP 2017) – Report

• SAP-ONF: La gestion du changement dans les organisations publiques complexes: l’approche de la stratégie comme pratique dans le cas du Contrat d’Objectifs et de Performance 2016-2020 de l’Office National des Forêts (CFP 2017) – Report

• SEXSO: Sex as a Driving Force for Microbial Community Evolution in Forest Soil (CFP 2015) – Report
• SIAMOIS : Smart and innovative monitoring of airborne fungal invaders by molecular methods  AAP 2020

• SSPWood: Functional Characterization of Fungal Small Secreted Proteins in Relation to Wood Degradation (CFP 2014) – Report

• SULPRO: Developing New Optogenetic Redox Biosensors for Sulfur Compounds (CFP 2018)

• UPTRANS: Upscaling of Anatomical, Physiological and Molecular Determinisms of Transpiration at Wood and Leaf Levels in Poplar Trees Subjected to Water Stress (CFP 2015) – Report

• VALBEECH: Valorizing Beech Wood through Innovative and Environmentally Friendly Chemical Modification Treatments (CFP 2016) – Report

• WOODISOTOP: Unravelling the Influence of Environment and Development on Intra-annual Dynamics of Wood Formation and Resulting Tree-ring Structure and Isotope Ratios (CFP 2017) – Report

• ADFORIX: Adaptation to Climate Change: Forest Owners’ Risk Attitude and Perception (CFP 2016) – Report

• AGRO-TCR: Establishment of an Agro-forestry Instrumented Site in Champenoux, France: to Optimize Productivity and Sustainability of Intensive Cropping Systems through Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation (CFP 2013) – Report

• BACTOTRUF: Functional Characterization of Bacterial Communities of the Black Truffle Tuber Melanosporum along its Life Cycle (CFP 2014) – Report

• BENCHAFOR: Benchmarking Applied to Forest Cockchafer Ecology to Ensure Regeneration in a Context of Forest Health Crises (CFP 2018) – Report

• BILEUROPE: Soil Properties from Geographic Databases: A Prerequisite for Soil Water Balance Mapping in European Forests (CFP 2016) – Report

• BIOPOLYMOS: Fractionation and Characterization of Fungal and Tree Biopolymers during Forest MOS Degradation (CFP 2017) – Report

• Bioval: Bioclimatic Modelling of Steep-sided Valleys in Northeastern France (CFP 2018) – Report

• ChemXtraMat: Chemical-modified Polyphenolic Wood-extract for Eco-friendly Materials (CFP 2018)

• CHIBEE: Dendroecological Study of Cedar Forests in Mount Lebanon (CFP 2018)

• COMICSOFT: Towards the understanding of microbial dialogues within forest soil ecosystems: study of the metabolic exchanges between Streptomyces and Pseudomonas (CFP 2012) – Report
• DEP-HETRE : Study of the beech decline in the Northeastern of France AAP 2020

• DETPOP: Detoxification Responses of Poplar under Oxidative Stress Induced by Drought or Ozone: Focus on the Role of Glutathione Metabolism (CFP 2012) – Report

• DIGITAL-FRA: Use of Digital Canopy Height Models to Improved Forest Resource Assessments at the Local and Regional level (CFP 2014) – Report

• DIVBACTO: Characterisation of the Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Bacterial Communities Isolated from Heartwood and Sapwood of Decaying Oak (CFP 2017) – Report

• DOPALEP: Development of Shared Tools for Quality Aleppo Pine Forestry (CFP 2016) – Report

• DROVER: Does Lower Drought Exposure Explain Overyielding in Fagus sylvatica – Pinus sylvestris Mixtures across Europe? (CFP 2015) – Report

• EFFECTER: Looking for Effector Symbiosis-related Proteins in the Ericoid Endomycorrhizal Fungus Oidiodendron maius (CFP 2013) – Report

• EIFFEL: Experimental Initiative for the Future of Forest Ecosystems in France (CFP 2015)

• FEM-FIRE: Finite Element Modeling for Fire Resistance of Timber Composite Panels (CFP 2016) – Report

• FERPAR: Identification of Plant Ferredoxin Protein Partners (CFP 2016) – Report

• FORECOST: The Provision of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Dual Cost Approach (CFP 2015) – Report

• FOREST-TRIP: Forestry Policies Design for under Climate Change: Improving Time and Risk Preferences Measures (CFP 2017) – Report

• FORMANCLIM: New Tools for Site Classification and Tree Species Selection – Application to Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change (CFP 2016)

• FORMES: Efficient Forest Management Strategies for Ecosystem Service Provision (CFP 2017) – Report

• FORMOUV: Expomobile “Forests in Motion” (CFP 2015) – Report

• FUNMINWOOD: Minerals in Wood: What is their Role in the Fungal Decay Process? (CFP 2015) – Report

• GLUP: Carbohydrate Reserves of Poles (CFP 2015) – Report
• GmOX : Mesophyll conductance response to oxidative stress AAP 2020

• GRECOR: Spatial Dynamics of Green Corridors: The Case of Forests in France (CFP 2012) – Report
• InFor : Impact of Information about climate change in Forest AAP 2020

• ISABEX: Interactions between Saprotrophic Bacteria and the White-rot Phanerochaete chrysosporium in Presence of Wood Extractives (CFP 2016) – Report

• LEAFLITTEROME: Molecular Ecology of Leaf Litter Decomposition (CFP 2013)  – Report

• LEAFMAP: Long Term after-effects of Forest Management Practices (CFP 2014) – Report

• L4REX: Looking for Phanerochaete chrysosporium Mutants Resistant to Extractives (CFP 2017)

• MIX-ABIES: The Influence of Species Interactions on the Response of Abies alba‘s Water-use Efficiency to Extreme Drought Events (CFP 2014) – Report
• MycorPKS : Isolation, identification, structural and functional characterization of new polyketides produced by the mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius  AAP 2020

• MYCORWEAT: Experimental Characterization and Quantification of the Contribution of Biological Weathering from Mycorrhizal Fungi to Tree Nutrition by Isotopic Dilution (CFP 2017) – Report
• NECROROOT : Deciphering molecular interactions between tree and microorganisms: characterization of an unusual necrotic activity of a Streptomyces strain on poplar roots  AAP 2020

• NITROBEECH: How do Severe Drought and Defoliation Alter Nitrogen Cycle in Beech Trees? (CFP 2015) – Report

• NUTRRESYM: Nutrient Signals in Forest Trees Regulating Root Growth and Ecto-mycorrhizae Symbiosis (CFP 2018)

• PARaDIGM: Role of Poplar Defense Phytohormones in Controlling the Root Microbiome (CFP 2018) – Report

• POP-FOAMS: Mechanical Performance Optimisation of Tannin-based Carbon Foams (CFP 2014) – Report

• PopGST: Structure-function Analysis of Proteins Involved in Stress Resistance Mechanisms in the Model Tree Populus trichocarpa (CFP 2012) – Report

• QUEDAD: Quantification of Economic Damages and Costs of Ash Dieback in France (CFP 2014) – Report

• REMIX: Resilience of Mixed Beech-Scots Pine Forests to Climate Change (CFP 2014) – Report

• ROOTEX: Transcription Factors Involved in the Orchestration of Root Growth (CFP 2012) – Report
• RSA Plasticity :Effect of localised water or mechanical constraints on root system architecture  AAP 2020

• SATIsFor: Characterize and Support Sustainable Adaptations in TerrItorial Forestry Systems (CFP 2018) – Report

• SCAN-COMP: Linking Crown Plasticity to Tree Growth Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning under a Gradient of Competition Conditions (CFP 2016)
• TRAPÈZE : Effect of intra-population functional diversity on the population resilience to drought  AAP 2020

• TreeD: Transpiration efficiency using 3D canopy structure (CFP 2018) – Report

• UPPMR: Use of Physcomitrella Patens to Generate Mutants of the Redox Systems (CFP 2014) – Report

• WaterUnWood: Free Water Migration within Unsaturated Wood (CFP 2018) – Report

• WatFluX: Understanding Water Flux in the Xylem, from Seasonal Dynamics to Long-term Variations, from Xylem Cell Maturation to Forest Ecosystems (CFP 2018)

• WIND-IN-WOOD: Interspecific Diversity of Wind Resistance Strategies among Temperate Tree Species – What is the Role of Radial Variations of Wood Material Properties in Different Tree Organs? (CFP 2015) – Report

• WOGRAFTAN: Water Impervious Oil-grafted Tannin Foams (CFP 2015)

• WOOD-EP-N2: Wood Composition of Eucalyptus and Poplar from Pure and Mixed Plantations (CFP 2014) – Report

• WOODFORMS: Wood Formation Mechanisms under Stress (CFP 2013) – Report
• WoodNF : Exploded wood-based nanofibers for electrospinning technology  AAP 2020
• WOODSTIC : Valorization of powders or solid wood by the development of inovative and environmentally friendly treatments by chemical modification : design of thermoplastics based on wood  AAP 2020