This $455,482 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) will enable the Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, to undertake the following key activities: Update the Indiana National Coal Resource Data System (NCRDS), pair data with physical logs, and provide stratigraphic data to the National Index of Borehole Information (NIBI). Complete an unconsolidated...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $154,362 Cooperative Agreement under the Federal Grant Program titled "U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection" (CFDA #15.808) to the Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University. This 2-year award, effective November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2025, will support the creation of geologic cross-sections depicting glacial (Quaternary) sediments in northern Indiana. Key activities include compiling existing...
This Project Grant award, valued at $191,822.00 and funded by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), will support the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska in three key activities: Preserving geological samples and creating a searchable online database to make them available for research. This includes inspecting, cataloging, and digitizing unique geological specimens obtained from infrastructure and dam projects....
This $475,457 Project Grant award to Western Michigan University (WMU) from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA #15.814) will fund the following key activities: Preserve, inventory, and digitally scan a legacy collection of 100 geolograph charts from old or undeveloped oil/gas fields to provide subsurface data. Curate, inventory, and create 3D models for WMU's collection of 390 outcrop rock and 410 fossil samples. Produce 3D scans of...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), awarded a $222,137 project grant to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR). This 2-year grant (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026) will support the following key activities: Priority 1: MODNR will create digital archives, including photographs and metadata, for 3,000 boxes of geological core samples stored in the Missouri Geological Survey (MGS) repository. This will...
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 University of Illinois received a $1,300,004 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814). The award will fund three priorities over the 2-year project period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025: Moving and re-curating the StratPAL paleontology collection, including digitizing specimens and updating the collection's metadata in online databases. This will benefit researchers...
This $694,381 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), funds the Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS) to complete 1:100,000 scale geological maps for the state of Indiana by 2030. The project will map all areas of Indiana south of the 40th parallel, including bedrock exposures, glacial deposits, karst landscapes, and natural resources such as coal, oil, and...
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. received a $1,565,938 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814). The grant funding will support three key preservation projects over the 8/18/2023 to 8/17/2026 project period: Scanning and making publicly available 10,000 oil and gas well records, including completion reports, wireline...