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This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $499,348.00, was granted 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 is to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, to establish and evaluate a spatiotemporal DSP (Dynamic Soil Property) modeling framework that leverages modern multi-source data inputs and reports...

This $299,837 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903), is for a research project to explore the assessment and use of infiltrometers to estimate the entire infiltration curve across a range of soil properties and moisture conditions. The project, led by Colorado State University, aims to advance soil science research and improve soil survey...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $499,844.00 and administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.903 - Soil Survey), aims to link changes in dynamic soil properties (DSP) with soil morphology and soil classification over multiple decades. The objective is to support the integration of DSP data with the National Soil Survey, reflecting changes induced by human land use. This collaborative research project, spanning from...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $499,643.00, was granted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey (CFDA 10.903) program. The award aims to develop a quantitative photography method to document and assess root-fungi in the field that could serve as biological indicators of soil health. The project will be conducted by the University of California, Davis, a prominent public land-grant research...

This $409,127 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.903 - Soil Survey) aims to expand the hydrologic toolbox for soil research and soil survey, and improve the ability of soil scientists and non-soil scientists to interpret and utilize soil hydraulic data. The project will be led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) to North Carolina State University (NC State). Under this agreement, NC State will complete time-sensitive and project-specific soil sample analyses in their labs, as well as conduct various research activities. The award has a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2027. This...

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 $438,322 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to contribute to the development of an urban soil health assessment framework. The framework will link digital soil mapping (DSP) and soil health and align with various ongoing NRCS initiatives. The award period runs from...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil Survey program (CFDA 10.903), is for $157,195.00 and was issued on August 29, 2024 to North Carolina State University. The purpose of the award is to cooperatively develop simple, fast, and reliable methods for determining soil texture and other important soil properties to support soil characterization in both field and laboratory...

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil Survey Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.903) to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The award, effective July 29, 2024 through August 31, 2028, will support the "Development and Testing of New Methods for Permafrost Tundra Characterization and Integration into DSP Framework." This cooperative research project aims to advance soil science...

This $399,574 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.903 - Soil Survey) to the University of Vermont supports research to assess forested ecosystems and their site, state and transition models, as well as the dynamic soil properties that drive them. The project aims to advance soil science research, improve soil survey methodologies, and develop comprehensive soil mapping and data collection techniques. The...