; (2) documenting and understanding the effects of organic practices on ecosystem services, including soil health and fertility, greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration, water management, biodiversity-related services, and pest management; and (3) developing improved technologies, methods, models, and metrics to document, describe, and optimize ecosystem services of transitioning agricultural production into organic management. (b) Grant types and process Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157 ) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. (c) Partnerships encouraged Following the completion of a peer review process for applications for a grant received under this section, the Secretary may provide a priority to any such proposal for such a grant that— (1) is found in the peer review process to be scientifically meritorious; (2) includes as active partners organic producers that are conducting on-farm research and demostrations (and the organizations that represent such producers); and (3) actively involves— (A) 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )); (B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in such section 2); and (C) Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )). (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026; and (2) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2028. . 4. Organic production and market data initiatives Section 7407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925c ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end