Here is a list of grants and funds awarded to Soil and Water Resources, as well as possible funding opportunities for farmers or individuals who seek financial assistance.

$ $ $ $ $ Grants & Funded Research: $ $ $ $ $

• Comparison of slow release urea, liquid urea-ammonium nitrate, and standard urea fertilizer effect on crop yields, weed pressure, nitrogen leaching and soil quality properties.  Received a $40,000 grant for collaborative research partnership between Agrium Inc., and the OSU South Centers.  2002-2006

• Cover crops, composted chicken and dairy manures effect on crop yields, weed control and soil quality in soybean-corn rotations.  Received $8,200 from the OSU/Warner Endowment Fund for Sustainable Agriculture Interdisciplinary Grant Program for On-Farm Research.  2002-2004

• Development of a simple test to evaluate water suitability for mixing with pesticides.  Received $750 from the Ohio Fruit Growers Society Research Funding. 2003

• Biological-root protectant fungicided (T-22) effects on N-fertilization use efficiency, growth and yield of wheat, and soil quality.           Received $3,500 plus materials for collaborative research partnership between OSU South Centers and Advanced Biological Marketing. 2002-2004

• Comparative effects of N from controlled release urea, standard urea, urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN), ammonium nitrate and Agrotain added UAN on corn growth and yield, and soil quality properties.          Received $5,270 (fund and materials) for collaborative research partnership between Agrium Inc., and the Ohio State University South Centers. 2002

• Alternate Year Bearing Trial for Thorny Blackberries.                Received $750 form the Ohio Vegetable and Small Fruit Research and Development Program. 2002

• Helped to write a SARE producer grant entitled "Agroforestry practices of ginseng and goldenseal in natural stands of hard-wood forest trees" for Jack Oxenrider.                                                      Received $5,800. 2002

Pending Research Funding:

• Long-term effects of tillage and crop rotation on biological dynamics, carbon sequestration and quality of soil. $ 334,000. Research proposal submitted for USDA/NRI funding. 2002.

• Phytoextraction of heavy metals with herbaceous and woody plants. $509,851. Research proposal submitted for DOE/EPA joint phytoremediation grant funding. 2003.

• Helped to write a SARE producer grant entitled “Agroforestry practices of ginseng and goldenseal in natural stands of hardwood forest trees” for Jack Oxenrider. Received $ 5,800. 2002.