The Maryland Geological Survey (MD DNR) received a $235,561.19 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to preserve select collections of physical geologic samples and paper geophysical data and increase accessibility of these and other geoscience collections for future use. Key activities include: Preserving rock chips and sediments from subsurface drilling (drill cuttings) by replacing deteriorated...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $346,849 to the University of Delaware to conduct new surficial geological mapping of the Marydel and Kenton quadrangles in Delaware. The project will collect and analyze 32 new geologic cores, supplement data with hand auger borings and well records, and produce a surficial geological map and associated Level 3 GEMS database for the mapped area. The...
This $411,387.56 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) will support the University of Rhode Island in preserving and providing public access to sediment core samples from Rhode Island's waterways. The key products and services to be delivered include: Properly documenting, inventorying, and preserving the sediment core collection housed at the University of Rhode Island's Marine...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $688,616 Project Grant through the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to preserve and digitize an important collection of approximately 13,270 subsurface rock cores from 14 sites in southeastern Ohio. Key deliverables include: Reboxing the rock cores into 1,327 new storage boxes with public access at ODNR's Rock Core Repository. Capturing high-resolution digital...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded the Florida Department of Environmental Protection a $460,131 project grant under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The grant will fund the digitization and conversion of approximately 49 million feet of Florida's oil and gas geophysical logs from scanned image files into standardized LAS data files. This will improve the interoperability and accessibility of this subsurface data, which will benefit...
This Project Grant award of $1,365,444 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) supports two primary activities at the Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS) over a 3-year period from July 2025 to June 2028: Reboxing and inventory of IGWS's bedrock core collection, including collection care, inventory corrections, and possible deaccessioning of oversampled or out-of-state cores. New core boxes will be purchased to improve...
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...
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 Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey awarded the State of Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) a $135,382 Cooperative Agreement under the Water Use and Data Research (CFDA 15.981) program. The project will run from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. The project aims to improve the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of Delaware's allocated water withdrawal records. DNREC will quality assure existing digital records, incorporate...
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)...