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This workshop covers the grant application, review, and award processes including e-correspondence, administrative and peer reviews, and diversity criteria for selecting panelists. Learn how to increase your chances of securing funding for agricultural research projects.
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2011 Systems Science Grantsmanship Workshop USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture in cooperation with University of Tennessee AgResearch
The Grant Process:Application, Review, and Award Daniel Schmoldt
Application e-Correspondence After an application package is submitted, the AR will receive a series of four e-mails. The titles of the four e-mails are:
Application e-Correspondence And, there’s one more… • If accepted for peer review, the application will be assigned a NIFA application number (e.g., YEAR-XXXXX). This number should be cited on all future correspondence.
The Review Process • The first part of the process is the administrative review • A main focus of the administrative review is to facilitate the peer review • The second part of the process is a peer review
The Peer-Review Process • Reviewers for a particular year are selected based on the types of applications that are submitted • All panelists are considered experts in their fields • Panelists can include: academia, federal labs, NGOs, industry, technology providers • Around 30 % of the panelists are from the previous year • A number of diversity criteria are applied before invitations are sent
The Peer-Review Process • Each application must be reviewed by at least 3 external reviewers • Panelists are generally assigned 10 to 20 applications to review • Reviewers are provided with the RFA and the evaluation criteria • Applications that don’t adhere to the guidelines and criteria are not likely to be funded