Project Grant A13AV00704

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary UC Riverside has been awarded $180,000 under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, for a three-year project period extending from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The institution will conduct detailed geological mapping and geochemical analysis of the Hansen Ranch area in the Sierra Madre region of southern Wyoming to assess platinum group element, nickel, and copper...

SUMMARY The California Department of Conservation, through its California Geological Survey (CGS), received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1,432,643.42 under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (STATEMAP element, CFDA 15.810) from the U.S. Geological Survey for the period December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027. The award will fund the production of three new 7.5-minute quadrangle geologic maps at 1:24,000 scale covering the northern half of California, including the Northern...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $2.36 million Cooperative Agreement to the Indiana Office of Technology under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) on September 15, 2025. The award supports the acquisition and delivery of Quality Level 1 (QL1) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for 33 counties in eastern Indiana, covering approximately 11,787 square miles. This three-year project,...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $411,387.56 Project Grant under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to the University of Rhode Island (URI) for the "Preservation and Accessibility for Rhode Island Sediment Core Samples and Data" project. The 4/15/2025 - 4/14/2027 project aims to properly document, preserve, and make accessible sediment cores from Rhode Island waterways currently housed at URI's Marine Geological Samples Laboratory. Key...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Nevada, Reno received a $180,038 Cooperative Agreement award dated October 15, 2025, under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810), administered by the U.S. Geological Survey. The two-year project, scheduled for completion on October 14, 2027, focuses on detailed geological mapping of Neogene-age volcanic products in the Silver Peak Range and Palmetto Mountains surrounding Clayton Valley, Nevada. The project...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: New Hampshire Geological Survey 2025 STATEMAP Project Funding Agency: U.S. Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) Federal Grant Program: National Cooperative Geologic Mapping (NCGMP), CFDA 15.810 Award Date: September 19, 2025 Project Period: 24 months (September 19, 2025 – September 18, 2027) Total Funding: $212,782.00 Awardee: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services will...

This $329,913 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA #15.814) will support two key priorities: Preservation and digital archiving of historic geologic maps across Montana to ensure their long-term availability and accessibility to the public, geoscience researchers, and the mining industry. This includes updating storage conditions and digitizing the maps. Geochemical analysis of 200 samples...

This $192,142.12 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) will support the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation in several key activities to improve accessibility and preservation of the state's geological resources. The grant will enable the department to: 1) Convert 381 mineral resources summary booklets into searchable electronic formats; 2) Upload a new 7.5-minute...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Washington State Department of Natural Resources received a $394,186 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The award supports three coordinated projects managed by the Washington Geological Survey (WGS) to digitize and preserve critical geological data and specimens. Project 1 involves scanning paper-based offshore...

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation was awarded a $638,999 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814) to improve accessibility and preservation of geological collections. Through this two-year award running from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2025, the Foundation will catalog, organize, and digitize over 263 cubic feet of publications, maps, samples and related materials. This includes scanning...