; and (ii) the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service. (3) Modeling and predictive tool development (A) In general The Director shall award funding for research to improve existing carbon sequestration modeling tools and the development of simulation-based tools to predict and quantify soil carbon sequestration. (B) Collaboration The Director shall carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) in collaboration with— (i) the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service; and (ii) the heads of other offices in the Department of Agriculture, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. (4) Carbon mineralization (A) In general The Director shall award funding for fundamental research on mineralization kinetics, geomechanics, rock physics, and utilization-oriented carbonation with the potential to advance carbon dioxide removal. (B) Collaboration The Director shall carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. (5) Pilot studies of in situ mineralization (A) In general The Director shall award funding for field drilling and injection in reactive formations (including peridotite and basalt) to advance understanding of carbon mineralization. (B) Collaboration The Director shall carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management of the Department of Energy. (6) Environmental and social impacts of expanded mining for mineralization (A) In general The Director shall award funding for research on the environmental and social impacts of expanded mining activities for the purpose of mineralization, including net carbon impact. (B) Collaboration The Director shall carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) in collaboration with— (i) the Director of the United States Geological Survey; (ii) the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency