Funded project details, investigators, and partners.
Projects in the lab are mostly funded by USDA, DoE, NSF, DARPA, EPA and other agencies. Below is a list of selected projects since 2010:
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Date |
Project title |
Sponsor |
Role |
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07/2023-06/2028 |
Agriculture that is profitable, Regenerative, Actionable, and Trustworthy (CARAT) |
USDA-NRCS Partnerships for Climate Commodities |
PI |
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07/2023-06/2024 |
ASCENT: Risk-informed alternative Jet fuel supply chain analysis |
Federal Aviation Agency Lead: MIT and WSU |
Co-PI |
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04/2023-06/2024 |
Ancient cacao, renewed rainforests |
Penn State Huck Institute of Life Science |
Co-PI |
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09/2022-08/2026 |
Shimadzu GC-2030 Greenhouse Gas Chromatograph (GC) for a multi-user soils research lab |
USDA-NIFA Equipment Grant Program |
Co-PI |
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09/2020-08/2024
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C-Change: Consortium for cultivating human and naturally reGenerative enterprises |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Lead: Iowa State Univ. |
Co-PI |
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05/2020-03/2024 |
Food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events |
Open Philanthropy Project |
Co-PI |
|
09/201908/2022 |
Smart tillage to reduce N2O emission from organic agriculture |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
PI |
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12/2017-11/2021 |
MINT: Model INTegration through knowledge-rich data and process composition |
DARPA Lead: University of Southern California |
Co-PI |
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02/2018-06/2021 |
Carbon gaps, nitrogen bulges, and phosphorus imbalances: In search of sustainable soil organic matter management |
NESARE |
Co-PI |
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04/2018-03/2022 |
Development of UAS imaging to complement genomics-assisted breeding of shrub willow for improved yield and pest resistance |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Lead: Cornell University |
Co-PI |
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04/2016-04/2021 |
Polycultures: Using biodiversity to increase crop productivity and resiliency while reducing the agrochemical footprint of agricultural systems |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Co-PI |
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04/2016-03/2021 |
Enabling sustainable landscape design for continual improvement of operating bioenergy supply systems |
Department of Energy Lead: Antares Group Incorporated |
Co-PI |
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02/2014-03/2020 |
Strengthening farm operator capacity for strategic management of cropping system adaptation to climate change |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Co-PI |
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01/2016-12/2019 |
National Science Foundation Lead: Virginia Tech |
Co-PI |
|
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09/2015-08/2019 |
Unraveling the interactive effects of tillage, residue, and manure additions on nitrous oxide Emissions in grain and silage systems |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
PI |
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09/2012-08/2019 |
Northeast Woody/Warm-season Biomass Consortium |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Co-PI |
|
09/2014-08/2019 |
A Reduced - Tillage Toolbox: Alternative approaches for integrating cover crops and reduced tillage in an organic feed and forage system |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Co-PI |
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04/2017-03/2019 |
Optimizing nutrient uptake in shrub willow and switchgrass to provide multiple ecosystem services |
USDA-SunGrant |
PI |
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09/2013-08/2018 |
Center for Multi-Scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions |
Environmental Protection Agency |
Co-PI |
|
07/2016-07/2018 |
Targeting sustainable soil management practices using crop-modeling in soy systems |
NESARE |
PI |
|
01/2014-07/2018 |
Biologically based fertilizer recommendations to meet yield expectations and preserve water quality |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Lead: USDA-ARS |
Co-PI |
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08/2014-07/2018 |
IRES USA-Italy: Investigating Mediterranean silvo-arable-pastoral ecosystems by combining measurements with statistical and mechanistic models |
National Science Foundation |
PI |
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01/2016-08/2016 |
Meta analysis and modeling of dynamic soil properties |
USDA Agricultural Research Service |
PI |
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01/2014-01/2015 |
Sustainable intensification of grazing land to produce food and bioenergy |
Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grant |
Co-PI |
|
07/2014-06/2015 |
2014 PA Climate Change impacts update |
Department of Environmental Protection |
Co-PI |
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07/2011-12/2014 |
Mechanistic modeling of multispecies pasture growth and management |
USDA Agricultural Research Service |
PI |
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09/2011-08/2014 |
Genetic improvement for yield and establishment of short rotation woody biomass crops on marginal lands |
USDA-SunGrant Lead: Cornell University |
Co-PI |
USDA-NIFA ORG 2019 - 2022. Award# 2019-51106-30189. PI: Armen R. Kemanian Co-PIs: Felipe Montes, Jason P. Kaye and Ron Hoover. Funded by the USDA NIFA, this project seeks to use smart tillage to reduce N2O emissions from organic systems relying on incorporating manure and cover crops.
USDA-NIFA 2018 - 2021. PI (Penn State) Armen R. Kemanian, co-PI Sarah Wurzbacher. Award to Cornell (PI Larry Smart) Using UAV based imaging, this project seeks to quickly phenotype willow cultivars and monitor pests, weeds and other agronomic variables of interest to advance shrub willow cultivation.
USDA-NIFA Foundational Program 2016 - 2021. Award# 2016-67019-25209. PI John Tooker, Co-PIs: Armen R. Kemanian and Gregory Roth Polycultures and managed biodiversity can improve corn silage and wheat productivity, resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses, and the environment.
DoE Bioenergy Technologies Office / 2015-2021. PI (Penn State) Tom Richard, Co-PI: Armen R. Kemanian. DoE Award to Antares Group Incorporated (PI Kevin Comer). Smart landscape placement of perennial biomass and bioenergy crops and reduces fertilizer inputs where not needed can improve the economic and environmental metrics of production systems.
NSF Coupled Natural and Human Systems / 2016-2018.
NSF / 2014-17. Project Directors: Armen Kemanian and Laura Leites
USDA, 2014 - 2019. This project focuses on the science and management of organic systems.
USEPA / 2013-16. This project focuses on the physical science, institutional action and community involvement needed to conserve and restore ecosystem services in agriculturally intense watersheds.
USDA / 2013-2020. This project uses the power of simulation modeling to provide farm operators information useful for adaptive management.
USDA / 2012-17. Project Director: Tom Richard, Director of the Penn State Institutes of Energy and Environment.
USDOT / 2011-14. Project Director: Armen Kemanian.
USDOT / 2011-14. PI: Larry Smart, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University.
USDA / 2012-14. Project Director: Armen Kemanian. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the competition for resources in plant communities with mixed species.
USDA / 2013-17. This project seeks to improve nutrient management in corn in the mid-Atlantic region.
