Fay Jones School receives $300,000 award from U.S. Forest Service

The Magnolia Reporter
January 20, 2025
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States, US East

Peter MacKeith & Matt Waller

The U.S. Forest Service recently awarded a $300,000 grant to faculty in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. Grant funds will be used to identify, research, develop and promote the use of innovative wood construction products and build business opportunities for Arkansas’ forest economy. This federal grant will be matched by the recipients. Matt Waller, dean emeritus and supply chain management professor in the Walton College, along with Peter MacKeith, dean and professor in the Fay Jones School, will work with associated project members to establish the Arkansas Wood Products Innovations Cooperative. The initiative will focus on applied design research, industry collaboration and economic development. …The objectives of the grant funding include establishing the Arkansas Wood Products Innovations Cooperative to drive applied design research, industry collaboration and economic development.

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