MAES Project Review Information

Please see these files for MAES project review guidelines. Final Proposals, paper and electronic, and all associated documents are due in Dean and Director’s Office March 1, 2021. Project Initiation in REEport needs to be completed before April 1, 2021.

REEport is NIFA’s singular project reporting system, building on and replacing CRIS. For more information on REEport, please contact MAES Compliance Manager Darien Gibson at darien.gibson@montana.edu in the Director’s office. 

Federal Websites/Links

• NIFA Reporting Portal
• NIFA
• NIFA's REEport site
• CRIS

MAES Project Resources

• MAES Project Life Cycle
• MAES Project Review Procedures
• Project Proposal Format
• Title Page Format
• Evaluation forms (Hard copies can be picked up from Darien Gibson in the Director's Office)
• Project Seminar Format
• Please contact Darien Gibson (darien.gibson@montana.edu) to post peer review seminar information and include PI name, proposal title, date, time, and location of seminar.

MAES Project Review Seminars 2020-2021

PI:          Robert Sharrock             
Dept:     Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology     
Title:       "Molecular Genetics of Plant Light Responses and Reproductive Development" 

Date:       TBA
Location:   Webex (Information will be provided closer to the date)   

PI:          William Hoch            
Dept:     Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology     
Title:       "Development and Production of Ornamental Plants for Montana" 

Date:      Wednesday, October 28th, 9:30am
Location:   Webex (Information will be provided closer to the date)   

PI:          Michael Giroux            
Dept:     Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology     
Title:       "Small Grain Quality and Molecular Biology" 

Date:      Thursday, October 29th, 10:00am
Location:   Webex (Information will be provided closer to the date) 

PI:          Michael Ivie          
Dept:     Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology     
Title:       "Biology, Distribution and Systematics of Insects" 

Date:      Thursday, October 29th, 1pm
Location:   Webex (Information will be provided closer to the date)   

PI:          Vince Smith        
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "The Economic Impacts of US Domestic and International Agricultural and Agricultural Development Policy" 

Date:      Monday, November 2, 10:00am
Location:   Webex   https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445

PI:          Rich Ready        
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "Integrating Economic Valuation into Environmental and Natural Resource Management and Policy" 

Date:   Monday, November 2, 3pm
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445  

PI:         Dan Bigelow       
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "Agricultural Land Markets and Policy in the United States" 

Date:     Friday, November 6, 9:30am
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445  

PI:          Diane Charlton        
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "Rural Labor Markets and Responses to the Farm Labor Problem" 

Date:     Monday, November 9, 2pm
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445  

PI:          Jennifer Britton            

Dept:     Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology     
Title:       "Landscape Aesthetic Evaluation and Interpretation" 

Date:     Tuesday, November 10th, 10:30am
Location:   Webex (Information will be provided closer to the date)   

PI:          Randy Rucker        
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "The Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Markets, Contracting, and the Impacts of Regulatory Programs" 

Date:      Friday, November 20, 10:00am
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445  

PI:          Brock Smith        
Dept:     Agricultural Economics and Economics     
Title:       "Economic Spillovers of Agricultural Booms" 

Date:     Tuesday, December 1, 10:30am
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445