** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** OUR TEAM RECENTLY CREATED ATOOL THAT PROVIDES ROBUST SOIL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS TO HELP LAND STEWARDS WORK TOWARDS THEIR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND SUPPORT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, OUR CURRENT SUITE OF SOIL HEALTH INDICATORS ARE COSTLY AND TIME-CONSUMING TO MEASURE. WHILE WE ALSO HAVENOVEL DATARESOURCES SUCH AS SOIL SPECTRA AND MICROBIOMESAT OUR FINGERTIPS, THESE DATA HAVE YET TO BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR SOIL HEALTH DATABASE, PREDICTIONS, OR EDUCATION. THEREFORE, WEPROPOSE TO IDENTIFY NOVEL DATA RESOURCES THAT ALLOW FOR MORE AFFORDABLE, RAPID, AND COMPREHENSIVE SOIL HEALTH TESTING IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE DATA SCIENCE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS CALL TO SYNTHESIZE OR ANALYZE EXISTING DATA AND RESOURCES ON SOIL HEALTH. WE WILL FIRST INTEGRATE THESE NOVEL DATA STREAMS INTO OUR CURRENT SOIL HEALTH DATABASE, AND THENTEST WHETHER THESE NEW DATA RESOURCES CAN HELP USACCURATELY PREDICT SOIL HEALTH USING MACHINE AND DEEP LEARNING MODELS.FINALLY, WE WILLTRAIN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH FORMALIZED DATA SCIENCE INTERNSHIPS, COURSEWORK, AND ASSISTANTSHIPS. THROUGH THISPROJECT, WE HELP TO DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOILFINGERPRINT (I.E., MICROBIOME AND SPECTROSCOPY) AND ITS HEALTH STATUS, AN IMPROVED TOOL TO EFFECTIVELY MEASURE SOIL HEALTH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE. OURCOMBINED EXPERTISE CREATES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE EXISTING RESOURCES AND MAKE ADVANCEMENTS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THAT WILL BENEFIT STUDENTS, LAND STEWARDS, THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.