A 厙ぴ勛圖 professor���s proposal for soil health research will be funded through the 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Program. 

Dr. Maheteme Gebemedhin, assistant professor of soil science, received confirmation recently that his proposal, ���Soil Health Assessment: Comparative studies of cover crop and biochar on soil organic carbon,��� will be funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) through the 1890 Faculty Research Sabbatical Program. 

The project received funding of $125,000. 

���Congratulations on your outstanding research proposal and thank you for helping us further the ARS research mission for the benefit of U.S. agriculture,��� a letter from the USDA to Gebemedhin stated.