Current Projects
Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata (SPARC).
Agricultural Water Security through Sustainable Use of the Floridan Aquifer: An Integrated Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts (FACETS)
Increasing practice of Sustainable Forestry Among Minority and Limited Resource Forest Landowners in Georgia.
Ecosystem service trade-offs, landowner incentives, and optimal policy design to promote sustainable Longleaf Pine Agroecosystems.
Lupin and Other Winter Covers as Biomass Feedstock in Agronomy and Forestry Production Systems
Grant Accomplishments
Co-PI in Spatial Prioritization and Monitoring of Northern Bobwhites and Associated Birds in the Context of Working Lands for Wildlife. Total $643,720 (share $96,558). USDA National Resources Conservation Service. January 2022 – December 2024.
PI in Increasing Participation of Family Forest Landowners in Voluntary Carbon Markets: Exploring and Increasing Social Acceptability of Improved Forest Management Practices in North and South Carolinas. Total $74,981. Open Competition. American Forest Foundation. January 2022 – June 2022.
PI in Developing Mental Models of Female Forest Landowners and Promoting their Engagement in Sustainable Forestry in Georgia. Total $30,000. Georgia Forest Commission. June 2021 – June 2022.
PI in The Woman Landowner Symposium: Enlightened Ownership. Total $5,000. USDA Forest Service. May 2021 – December 2021
PI in Assessing the Impacts of Potential Water Quality and Flow Regulations on the Land Use in the Lower Flint Basin. Jones Center. Total $11,921. May 2021 – Dec 2021.
PI in Exploring the Future of Family Forestlands under Female Ownership for the Sustainability of Forest Resources in Georgia. Total $496,704. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. January 2021 – December 2024.
Co-PI in Documenting Challenges, Identifying Solutions, and Developing Decision Support Tools for Small and Medium-sized Forest Businesses. Total $499,827. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. January 2021 – December 2024.
PI in Serving the Underserved Family Forest Landowners in Georgia through Integrated Research and Outreach. Georgia Forestry Commission. Total $30,000. June 2020 – May 2021.
PI in Serving the Underserved Family Forest Landowners in Georgia through Integrated Research and Outreach. Georgia Forestry Foundation. Total $6,600. June 2020 – May 2021.
PI in Connecting Female Forest Landowners with Foresters for Promoting Forest Stewardship in Georgia. Open Competition. Total $67,500. Bradley/Muphy Trust. July 2020 – September 2022.
PI in Examining the Role of Forest Certification in Improving Biodiversity and Water Quality in the Southern Coastal Plains Ecoregion of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Open Competition. Sustainable Forestry Initiative. January 2020 – December 2021.
A Coupled Natural-Human Framework for Risk Assessment of Coastal Communities from Land-Use and Climate Change. Open Competition. Open Competition. National Academy of Sciences. Total $1.1 Million. PI for UGA ($65,564). 2020-2023.
Co-PI in Drawdown Georgia. Ray C. Anderson Foundation. Total $750,000. Co-PI for UGA ($110,241). March 2019 – December 2020.
PI in Identifying Priority Areas for Surface Water Protection in Upper Oconee Watershed. Georgia Forestry Commission. Total $21000. November 2019 – March 2020
Co-PI in BIOENERGY CAP (Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata). USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. Total $15 Million. PI for UGA ($2.1 Million). 2017-2022.
Co-PI in WATER CAP (Agricultural Water Security through Sustainable Use of the Floridan Aquifer: An Integrated Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts). USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. Total $5 Million. PI for UGA ($1.2 Million). 2017-2022.
Co-PI in Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs, Landowner Incentives, and Optimal Policy Design to Promote Sustainable Longleaf Pine Agroecosystems. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. Total $500,000. PI for UGA ($100,000). 2017-2022.
Co-PI in Lupin, Cereal Rye, and Carinata Winter Cover Crops for Biomass in the Southern Coastal Plain. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. Total $500,000. PI for UGA ($190,017). 2017-2022.
PI in Increasing Practice of Sustainable Forestry among Minority and Limited Resource Forest Landowners in Georgia. USDA Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE). Open Competition. Total $261,000. 2017-2021.
PI in Measuring the Unmeasured: Quantifying Impacts of SFI’s Fiber Sourcing Standards in Georgia. Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. Open Competition. Total $87,836. 2016-2018.
PI in Impacts of Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Project (SFLRP) on African American Forest Landowners. US Endowment for Forestry and Communities. Total $85,040. 2016-2017.
PI in Capturing Perceptions and Communication Structures of Southern African American Family Forestland Owners. US Endowment for Forestry and Communities. Total $6,000. 2014-2015.
PI in Capturing Perceptions and Communication Structures of Southern African American Family Forestland Owners. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station. Total $8,000. 2014-2015.
Co-PI in Experimental Interventions to Facilitate Clean Cookstove Adoption, Promote Clean Indoor Air, And Mitigate Climate Change. United States Environment Protection Agency. Open Competition. Total: $1.5 Million. PI for UGA ($25,000). 2014-2018.
Co-PI in CLIMATE CHANGE CAP (Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation Project). USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Open Competition. Total $20 Million. $8,000. 2011-2017.