SYNERGIZING MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION PARTNERSHIPS FOR CARBON-NEGATIVE GEOLOGIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO TRAIN STUDENTS FROM PARTNER UNIVERSITIES TO FILL THE CRITICAL GAPS IN DEVELOPING EARLY-STAGE CARBON-NEGATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM THE EARTH’S ABUNDANT SUBSURFACE ULTRAMAFIC ROCK FORMATIONS. NEW PARTNERSHIPS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE RECIPIENT AND TWO INSTITUTIONS WITH A LESSER RESEARCH CAPACITY.