Soil and Crop Sustainability Fund
The OSCIA Soil and Crop Sustainability Fund supports expanded research on soil health through the Soil Health Graduate Scholarship and the OSCIA Internal Fund.
Soil Health Graduate Scholarship
A ‘Soil Health Graduate Scholarship’ of $10,000 per year is available to graduate students focused on soil health or soil quality research. Recipient selection is completed internally by the University of Guelph. OSCIA will be involved in collaboration and communication of research where possible.
The Soil Health Graduate Scholarship was established by OSCIA in partnership with the University of Guelph and through the generous contributions of OSCIA Founding Partners to the Sustainability Fund.
The scholarship was launched in 2015 and will be available until at least 2019.
2019 Recipient: Gordon BellResearch Topic: Water conservation and how different farming practices specifically the crop rotation employed, can affect water dynamics in that particular field. Hopes to show that by increasing the diversity of crops grown in a field and with careful management we can increase the amount of water available to plants. |
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2018 Recipient: Hannagala Jeewan KumaraResearch Topic: Formation of recalcitrant soil organic matter which is the largest terrestrial carbon pool. Looking specifically at the role of soil microorganisms in forming recalcitrant soil organic matter. |
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2017 Recipient: Pedro Ferrari MacHadoResearch Topic: Measuring nitrous oxide emissions from a corn field in response to adoption of nitrogen fertilization best management practices |
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2016 Recipient: Jordan GrahamResearch Topic: Influence of herbaceous biomass crops on soil organic carbon levels in soils across Ontario. |
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2015 Recipient: Jaclyn ClarkResearch Topic: Cover crop planting into standing corn. |
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