FY2024 State Geological Survey Grants
This is a list of 2024 state projects that were funded by the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program with an indication (*) for projects that received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding. Details on other years are listed on the NGGDPP Grants Program Page.
2024 NGGDPP State Grants |
Projects that received partial or full funding with Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds are shown with an *.
| State | Institution | Title | Amount | IIJA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | AK Dept. of Natural Resources, Geological & Geophysical Surveys | Alaska Hyperspectral Scanning of Core and Geochemical Data Discoverability | $345,042.00 | * |
| AL | Geological Survey of Alabama | FY2024 Fossil and Mineral Conservation for Alabama | $73,194.00 | * |
| AR | Office of the State Geologist - Arkansas | Arkansas' Physical Infrastructure, Geological Data, and Sample Resources Preservation Plan | $297,216.17 | * |
| AZ | University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey | FY2024 Projects for the Physical Data and Digital Preservation of Arizona Geological Survey Data | $230,606.00 | * |
| CO | Colorado School of Mines | Scanning and Georeferencing of State Geologic Maps, Inventory of San Juan Sag Exploration Data, and Geotechnical Report Scanning | $57,475.99 | |
| DE | University of Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey | Preservation and Dissemination of Core Photos and Lithology Logs from Onshore and Offshore Cores in Delaware Geological Survey Project Files | $81,159.00 | * |
| FL | FL Dept. of Environ. Protection, Florida Geological Survey | Digitization of Florida's Oil and Gas Geophysical Logs | $229,767.87 | * |
| IA | University of Iowa, Iowa Geological Survey | Data Preservation and Critical Minerals Activities in Iowa 2024-2025 | $28,690.00 | |
| ID | University of Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey | USGS Data Preservation 17 | $73,870.00 | * |
| IL | University of Illinois, Illinois State Geological Survey | Preservation of Geologic Data and Collections in Illinois: FY24 | $11,524.00 | * |
| IN | Indiana University, Indiana Geological and Water Survey | IGWS Borehole Database Update and Development | $216,975.00 | * |
| KS | University of Kansas Research Center, Kansas Geological Survey | Preserving and Inventorying Kansas Wireline Logs and Geochemical Analysis Related to Critical Minerals | $174,700.00 | |
| KY | University of Kentucky | Kentucky Geological Survey 2024 Geological Data Preservation Project | $346,722.00 | * |
| MD | Maryland Geological Survey | Maryland Geologic Data Preservation 2024-2025: Drill Cuttings, Paper Borehole Geophysical Logs, and Critical Mineral Samples | $117,759.06 | * |
| ME | Maine Geological Survey | MGS FY24 Project: Core Building Replacement Design Planning | $22,392.00 | * |
| MI | Western Michigan University, Michigan Geological Survey | Preserve and increase discoverability to three collections that are now accessible only onsite: (1) legacy geolograph charts, (2) scan outcrop rock and fossil samples to create 3D models, and (3) scan evaporite (potash) cores to create 3D models. | $237,575.00 | * |
| MO | Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Missouri Geological Survey | Core Photography of 3000 core boxes, Purchase Flat File Cabinets, Core Log Database, Whole-Rock Geochemistry Samples | $111,063.00 | * |
| MT | Montana Technological University, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology | Montana 2024 NGGDPP Project | $161,668.00 | * |
| NC | NC Dept. of Environmental Quality, North Carolina Geological Survey | NCGS - Initiate Geochemistry Analysis of Critical Minerals Cores and Update ReSciColl Database | $19,934.96 | * |
| NE | University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Geological Survey | Priority 1: Nebraska Core Preservation, Inventory and Database – Phase III: Dam and Infrastructure Study Core, Priority 2: CSD Geological Sample Repository Infrastructure Improvements | $60,759.64 | * |
| NH | New Hampshire Dept. of Environ. Services | Preservation of New Hampshire Legacy Geologic Resources | $29,162.00 | * |
| NJ | New Jersey Dept. of Environ. Protection, New Jersey Geological & Water Survey | 2024 NJGWS Geoscientific Data Preservation Project | $14,241.27 | * |
| NM | New Mexico Institute of Mining & Tech. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources | Data Preservation, Infrastructure, and Year 6 Critical Minerals in New Mexico | $89,039.80 | * |
| NV | University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureaus of Mines and Geology | Nevada Critical Mineral and Energy Resources Data Preservation | $200,864.18 | * |
| OH | Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources | Core Reboxing, Scanning, and Photography and Acquisition of Multi-Sensor Core Scanner | $304,308.00 | * |
| OK | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Geological Survey | Data Preservation of Geological Resources | $178,810.00 | * |
| PA | PA Dept. of Conservation & Natural Res., Bureau of Geological Survey | Preservation of Subsurface Drill Cuttings FY2024 | $28,583.73 | * |
| TN | Tennessee Geological Survey | Improving Information Accessibility Contained in Geologic Quadrangle Map Mineral Resources Summaries, Digitizing One Unpublished 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Geologic Map to Level 3 GeMS, Moving Part of the Geological Survey’s Rock Core Collection, Expanding the ArcGIS Online Web Service to Improve Access to Geological Survey Collection Documents, and Compiling Critical Mineral Borehole Data for the Earth MRI East Tennessee Copper Ridge Zinc District Focus Area | $95,895.07 | * |
| TX | University of Texas at Austin, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology | Legacy Data Preservation, Metadata Update, and Critical Minerals Assessment | $68,110.92 | |
| UT | Utah Geological Survey | UGS FY2024 Geologic Data Preservation Project | $352,643.87 | * |
| VA | Virginia Dept. of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources | Priority 1: Preservation of Historic Mining and Subsurface Resources Data, and Priority 2: Digital Discoverability Enhancements and Equipment | $115,285.56 | * |
| VT | VT Dept. of Environ. Conservation | Preservation and Dissemination of Geoscience Data in Vermont | $34,993.00 | * |
| WA | Washington State Dept. of Natural, Resources - WA Geological Survey | Preservation of the Paul E. Hammond Collection | $215,450.00 | * |
| WI | University of Wisconsin - Wisconsin, Geological & Natural History Survey | FY2024 Wisconsin Data Preservation: Field Map Organization; Thin Section Scanning; Earth MRI Samples, Field Maps, Notes | $79,345.00 | * |
| WV | WV Geological & Economic Survey | Preservation & Accessibility of West Virginia Geological Samples and Analysis of Critical Minerals Samples | $60,990.86 | * |
| WY | Wyoming State Geological Survey | Data Preservation Workshop Travel | $2,999.70 |