About FER Started in 2000, FER is a small organization with a largely volunteer staff. Information on the staff and board of directors is available upon request (info at fer dot org). FER does not review unsolicited proposals for funding. ...

Program Areas Long-Term Ecological Study FER contributes to several long-term studies, both in the field and in controlled, greenhouse conditions. Dialog FER recognizes that major environmental challenges will require better-informed dialogue within and across geographic, political, ideological, cul...

Mission Statement The Foundation for Environmental Research (FER) is a public, non-profit organization dedicated to understanding and improving the Earth s environment. FER's research agenda includes applied and basic research in all aspects of environmental science. FER is particularly interested i...