CAFS Overview
The Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NSF I/UCRC). CAFS bridges top forestry research programs with industry members to solve complex, industry-wide problems.
The mission of CAFS is to optimize genetic and cultural systems to produce high-quality raw forest materials for new and existing products by conducting collaborative research that transcends traditional species and disciplinary boundaries.
CAFS is a multi-university center that works to solve problems through multi-faceted approaches. questions on multiple scales, including the molecular, cellular, individual-tree, stand, and ecosystem. This effort includes the participation of scientists with expertise in biological sciences (biotechnology, genomics, ecology, physiology, and soils) and management and processing (silviculture, bioinformatics, modeling, remote sensing, and spatial analysis). Visit our research areas section for descriptions of current projects.