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2011 Archive - News & Updates

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November 15, 2011: Current Multistate Proposals Inviting Participation

-NC-TEMP7-"Conservation, Management, Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources"

- NCCC_TEMP84- "Potato Breeding and Genetics Techincal Committee"

Please view our Guide to Using NIMSS for instructions on viewing a Multistate project and creating an Appendix E for a proposed project.

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Funding Available to Support Internships on Ag Research Stations- Due December 19th

Five internships will be awarded for year 2012, each with $5000 of student labor (approximately 15 weeks, limited to UW-Madison undergraduate students) and $500 of supplies to be spent at the station on the student project. Last year, projects were awarded at Arlington, US Dairy Forage/Prairie du Sac, and West Madison.

Funding is intended to support a student full-time for the summer with about half of the time spent on an individual research project in conjunction with a CALS faculty member and about half-time spent on a variety of station activities under the direction of the superintendent. Some stations may be able to provide housing options. Credits for internship experience may be possible by separate arrangements with the student’s on campus advisor. As part of the student work with the superintendents, a poster presentation should be assembled that can become part of the station’s permanent displays.

Applications for summer 2012 should be sent to Angie Seitler, 212C Agricultural Hall, on this internship form. Criteria will include the integration of the project description and plans for station activities. If a student is already identified, please include their name. Applications will be accepted until December 19,2011 with announcements made by early January.

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Formula Funds (142) Capital Exercise Due January 6th

The Research Division is conducting a Hatch and McIntire-Stennis capital exercise to fund requests for major equipment used to support these research programs. Please submit your FY 2011-2012 Hatch/McIntire-Stennis Capital Priority List as an email attachment to Angie Seitler, aseitler@cals.wisc.edu, no later than Friday, January 6, 2012. You will be notified by Friday, January 20, 2012, regarding the items that have been approved for purchase. Requisitions for funded items will be due by Friday, February 17, 2012 (if requisitions are not received by this deadline, funding may not be available).

Prepare your department's capital priority list considering the following:

1. Use the attached form to list equipment requests, current prices, faculty users, and their Hatch or McIntire-Stennis project numbers. All equipment listed must be prioritized.
(The FY 2011-2012 Hatch/McIntire-Stennis Capital Priority List form can also be downloaded from our website at: http://www.cals.wisc.edu/waes/capital/proposals.html
2. The requested equipment must directly benefit Hatch or McIntire-Stennis project research. Multiple-user equipment benefiting several investigators will receive priority consideration. For multiple-user equipment, identify faculty users who have Hatch or McIntire-Stennis projects and list sources of matching funds that are available to help fund the requests.

3. No office/administrative equipment can be purchased in this exercise. Requests for standard desktop and laptop computers will receive low priority. These requests must include a strong justification regarding the need and connection to the Hatch/McIntire-Stennis project. If a computer is approved, at least a 50% match will be required.

4. Equipment costing less than $5,000 will be considered even though these fall into the "Supplies and Expenses" category as defined by campus.

5. Projects terminating on 09/30/12 are not eligible for this exercise.

6. Projects beginning on 10/01/12 are not eligible for this exercise.

7. At least a 50% match from flexible funds is required.

8. Other 142 projects cannot be used as the 50% match.


Please feel free to contact Angie Seitler (261-1432) if you have questions.

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4/21 Annual CRIS Reports Due January 6, 2012

TO: Faculty and Staff

FROM: Casey Hillmer

RE: 2011 Research Project Reports

DEADLINE: Friday, January 6, 2012

Again this year we are requesting that you submit calendar year 2011 Experiment Station Project progress and termination reports to the Current Research Information System (CRIS) using CRIS Web Forms.

CRIS Website: http://cwf.uvm.edu/cris

CRIS 4/21 Instructions:

http://www.cals.wisc.edu/waes/cris/reports.html. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the instructions.

If you do not have access to a computer web browser, you can submit the reports with the assistance of your department office staff.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Casey at 2-2397 or send an e-mail message to clhillmer@cals.wisc.edu.

The deadline for submitting 2011 CRIS reports is Friday, January 6, 2012. Each year we have difficulty getting these reports submitted on time. Please be aware that if the report(s) is/are not completed by Friday, January 20, 2012, we will not process any gift, grant, contract, etc. materials for you until the report(s) has/have been completed. It is important for CALS as recipients of Formula Funds to comply with this request.

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Current Multistate Proposals Inviting Participation for October 24th

-NC_TEMP1198-”Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle: Value Chain Design, Policy Approaches, Environmental and Social Impacts”

-NCERA_TEMP193-”NCR-193: IPM Strategies for Arthropod Pests and Diseases in Nureries and Landscapes”

-NCERA_TEMP199-"Implementation and Strategies for National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation”

-NCERA_TEMP103-"Specialized Soil Amendments and Products, Growth Stimulants and Soil Fertility Management Program (NCERA-103)"

 

Please view our Guide to Using NIMSS for instructions on viewing a Multistate project and creating an Appendix E for a proposed project.

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Current Multistate Proposals Inviting Participation for October 17th

-NC_TEMP1038-”Methods to Increase Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle (NC1038)”

-NC_TEMP1041-”Enteric Diseases of Food Animals: Enhanced Prevention, Control and Food Safety”

-NCERA_TEMP184-”Management of Small Grain Diseases”

-NC_TEMP1039-”N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Human Health and Disease”

-NCCC_TEMP84-”Potato Breeding and Genetics Technical Committee”

-NC_TEMP1168-”Regulation of Photosynthetic Processes”

Please view our Guide to Using NIMSS for instructions on viewing a Multistate project and creating an Appendix E for a proposed project.

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Current Multistate Proposal Inviting Participation for September 15th

NE_TEMP1882- "Nanotechnology Risk Assessment"

Please view our Guide to Using NIMSS for instructions on viewing a Multistate project and creating an Appendix E for a proposed project.

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FY 2013 Call for Proposals

I. Hatch Projects (individual investigator, multiple investigator interdisciplinary, and multistate)

II. McIntire-Stennis (M-S) Projects (individual investigator)

Funding Period: FY 2013 (October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013)

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 09, 2011, by 4:30 p.m. to the CALS Research Division Office via WISPER. Time extension requests will not be granted.

Proposal Materials