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2011 Systems Science Grantsmanship Workshop. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture in cooperation with University of Tennessee AgResearch. Prior Workshops. The Grant Process: Application, Review, and Award. Daniel Schmoldt. The Application Process. Application e-Correspondence. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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2011 Systems Science Grantsmanship Workshop
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculturein cooperation with
University of Tennessee AgResearch
Prior Workshops
The Grant Process:Application, Review, and Award
Daniel Schmoldt
The Application Process
Application e-CorrespondenceAfter 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
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.
And, there’s one more…
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 reviewThe second part of the process is a
peer review
Administrative 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
The Peer-Review Process
The Award Process
The Award Process