Soil vitality is fundamental to North Dakota’s agricultural productivity and ecological resilience, yet baseline data on microscopic soil organisms across state remains limited. The @TheTinyTitan project is a proposed multi-institutional initiative—spanning Minot State University, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Dakota College at Bottineau, and the University of Jamestown—that leverages tardigrades as charismatic bio-indicators of soil health to build regional research capacity and community STEM pathways. Driven by the core hypothesis that authentic scientific discovery yields the highest-impact outreach, this project pairs meaningful soil measurements with public engagement. The scientific framework combines micro-fauna population counts, taxonomic morphometrics (stereomicroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy), LI-COR soil respiration measurements, meso-fauna extractions, and microbial functional profiling. Integrated outreach efforts include community "Soil Safaris," professional development for educators, and local school site sampling. Collected data will feed into an open-access central repository to map regional soil health baselines. This poster introduces @TheTinyTitan as a collaborative framework for statewide research and outreach. As we prepare for launch, we invite researchers across North Dakota to explore potential partnerships. We are actively seeking collaborators interested in expanding sampling sites, integrating complementary soil chemistry or environmental data, contributing specialized molecular/analytical tools, or connecting through post-secondary institutions and K-12 educational networks. By uniting diverse disciplines and institutions around a shared dataset, this project aims to establish a competitive foundation for future multi-institutional federal and other grants focused on advancing soil health education and research.