Project Grant G11AP20201

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation was awarded a $693,444 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) with a start date of June 1, 2024 and completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant will fund several activities to improve accessibility of geological data and samples at the Kentucky Geological Survey, including: Photographing, rehousing, and analyzing approximately 30,000 feet of rock core using a...

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...

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation received a $603,695 Cooperative Agreement award on September 20, 2023 from the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) under the U.S. Geological Survey. The one-year project will produce the following key deliverables: New surficial geologic mapping and digital geologic map data for Warren County, Kentucky, including LIDAR-based landscape modeling, field examinations, and analytical data compilation. Refined stratigraphic...

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...

The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. was awarded a $349,400 grant under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) by the U.S. Geological Survey. The 2-year grant project, running from June 2024 to June 2026, will involve the recipient organization processing a newly donated collection of 175,000 wireline logs, digitally scanning and preserving the logs, and making them publicly available. Additionally, the project will add up to 200 new...

The Department of Environment & Conservation Tennessee received a $127,257.08 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814) for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Under this award, the Department will preserve and provide access to geological collections through specific activities including compiling metadata and digitizing 500 maps in the Coal Geology Maps Collection, preparing an...

This $684,984 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814) to Trustees of Indiana University (doing business as Indiana University). The funding will support a 2-year effort to (1) extend the organization's record center storage to safely house geological field maps, (2) digitize and make searchable historical field notebooks, maps, and gamma logs, and (3)...

The US Geological Survey, through its National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817), awarded a $197,452 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth Office Of Technology on March 26, 2021 to complete by March 25, 2023. Under this award, the Commonwealth Office Of Technology will acquire LIDAR data for Kentucky from 2020-2021. The National Geospatial Program promotes the use of space-based land remote sensing data and technologies through collaborative state and local...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) has been awarded a $313,910 National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. Under this 3-year project grant, MoDNR will: 1) Create digital scans and metadata for 800 unpublished geological data files, update the National Digital Catalog metadata to national standards, and improve access and usage of the data; 2) Purchase a petrographic slide...

This Cooperative Agreement award provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) supports a two-part project with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The first project component will produce new surficial geologic mapping and modeling to complete a geologic map of the eastern half of Warren County, Kentucky. This will include developing and testing new mapping methods, field validation, and sample analysis. The...