New Faculty Orientation

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New Faculty Orientation

• Marshall A. Martin
• Associate Director
• Agricultural Research Programs
• August 22, 2008

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Hatch, Animal Health, and McIntire-Stennis
Research Projects

• Rationale
• USDA-CSREES Research Project Development
• Reporting and Accountability
• Multi-state Research Projects
• Mission-oriented Grants and
• ARP Assistantships

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Role of a Hatch Project

• Federal requirement to spend Federal tax dollars
• Strategic research planning to be better
  positioned to obtain extramural funding
• Communicate research plans to Purdue
  administrators
• Encourage multidisciplinary cooperation

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Research Project Development

• Research Narrative
• Cover page
• Objectives
• Methods
• Rationale significance
• Literature review
• AD-416
• AD-417
• Assurance Form CSREES-2008
• rDNA (IBC)
• Animal Care (PACUC)
• Human Subjects (IRB)

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Research Project Expectations

• Each faculty member with 20 or greater research
  appointment must have a Project
• Each faculty member must report annually research
  progress, impact, and publications via CRIS
  (AD-421)
• Reporting tips
• Research problem
• What did you discover
• If possible, quantifiable impacts
• Appropriate research publications

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1998 Agricultural Research, Extension and
Education Reform Act (AREERA)

• State Plan of Work approved by CSREES before
  Federal formula funds are released to each state
• Faculty must complete an annual Impact
  Statement on their research and/or Extension
  activities
• ARP must file an annual POW report on integrated
  research and Extension accomplishments which is
  based, in part, on the faculty Impact
  Statements
• Report includes data on multi-state and
  multi-institution collaboration

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Research ReportingInformation you submit gets
used

• USDA-CRIS (AD-421)
• Plan of Work Report to USDA-CSREES
• PCARET members
• Presentations by the Dean of Agriculture
• Reports to President Córdova and Provost Woodson
• Deans Advisory Board
• Purdue news releases and publications

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Multi-state Research Projects

• To encourage multi-state, multi-disciplinary,
  multi-institutional research
• ARP covers travel expenses for Purdue
  representative to annual meeting
• Types of projects, e.g., NC, NCDC, NCERA, NCCC
• Regions
• North Central
• Northeast
• South
• West

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ARP Assistantships

• Encouage new tenure-track assistant professors
  with three years or less as of October 1, 2008 to
  support graduate students and initiate their
  research program
• 17,500 first year and may be renewable for
  second year
• See ARP website for details
• The ARP Assistantship proposal should be
  submitted to Jessica Crum (jcrum_at_purdue.edu) no
  later than 500 pm Friday, October 31, 2008.

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Mission-Oriented, Internal Competitive Grants
Program

• Funding priority will be given to proposals that
  clearly address at least one of the seven key
  initiatives outlined in the Indiana State
  Department of Agricultures Strategic Plan.
• Hardwoods Increase the competitiveness of
  Indianas hardwoods sector
• Bioenergy Maximize Indianas competitive
  advantage in agriculturally-derived energy
• Livestock Integrate livestock production into
  local economic development with sound production
  practices, public understanding, and appropriate
  land use tools
• Regulatory Coordination Ensure that regulatory
  standards are science-based and encourage
  economic development
• Diversity Increase the number of diversified
  farms and help Indiana farmers capture
  value-added opportunities
• Food Processing Leverage Indianas comparative
  advantage in food processing
• Farm and Trade Policy Establish state leadership
  in agricultural and trade policy formulation and
  pursue foreign market opportunities.

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Grant Evaluation

• Points
• Clear problem statement (10 points) _____
• High priority problem from an Indiana State
  Department of Agriculture and
  stakeholder perspective (15 points) _____
• Clear indication of research and extension
  integration (10 points) _____
• Appropriate research methodologies or approach
  (20 points) _____
• Clearly outlined Extension component of the
  project (20 points) _____
• Evidence of leveraging with other grants and/or
  in-kind support (10 points)
  _____
• List of relevant research and extension citations
  (5 points) _____
• Faculty capacity to successfully complete the
  integrated project (10 points) _____
• Total (Possible 100) _____

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Submission Procedures

• The mission-oriented grant proposals should be
  submitted to Jessica Crum (jcrum_at_purdue.edu) no
  later than
• 500 pm Friday, November 14, 2008.
• Notification to the grant recipients will be made
  by early January 2009.

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Questions

• Contact
• Marshall A. Martin
• marshallmartin_at_purdue.edu
• (765) 49-48365