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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) to the University of Florida. The purpose of this 3-year award, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is to develop a transformative framework that integrates new digital soil property (DSP) data, historic soil survey data, and environmental covariates to characterize and predict...

This $499,348 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) will support The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York in establishing and evaluating a spatiotemporal DSP modeling framework that leverages modern multi-source data inputs and reports uncertainties associated with model and field-based dynamic soil property estimates. The project...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $197,697 cooperative agreement to the University of Rhode Island from September 2022 through August 2025 under the Soil Survey program (CFDA 10.903). The agreement supports efforts to improve soil taxonomy and provide updated soils information to meet NRCS goals of enabling land use and management. As the prime awardee, URI will leverage its expertise in soil science research to enhance existing soil survey data and interpretations for use by...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) provides $299,837.00 to Colorado State University to explore the assessment and use of infiltrometers for estimating the entire infiltration curve across a range of soil properties and moisture conditions. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The project aims to advance soil science...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $499,841.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903). The award will support research to leverage historic National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) and special project sampling by revisiting sampling locations to provide a 70-year time series. This research aims to examine changes and variability in dynamic soil...

This $399,574 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) is funding the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to assess forested ecosystems and develop site, state, and transition models, as well as dynamic soil property models that drive them. The award, which runs from August 12, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports collaborative...

This $490,026.87 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey program (CFDA 10.903) supports research to investigate and extend the applicability of digital soil mapping in urban environments. The award to Iowa State University of Science and Technology, a land-grant research university, has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The project aims to advance the understanding and practical...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Program (CFDA 10.903) provides $499,643.00 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to develop a quantitative photography method for documenting and assessing root-fungi in the field as potential biological indicators of soil health. The award will be used over the project period from Sep 15, 2024 to Sep 30, 2027 to research innovative soil...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Program (CFDA 10.903) provides $450,000.00 to North Carolina State University to conduct time-sensitive and project-specific soil sample analyses and research activities. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The funding will support collaborative efforts between NRCS researchers and the university to advance soil science...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with an obligated amount of $271,305.00, was granted by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903). The award aims to assess microscopic-scale soil properties that regulate porosity, structure, and hydrologic function at representative ecological sites across the United States. The primary awardee is Iowa State University of Science and...