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 

Meeting number (access code): 120 104 7196

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

Date:      Thursday, October 29th, 10:00am
Location:   Webex

Meeting number (access code): 120 885 8789

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

Date:      TBA
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:         Kevin O'Neill       
Dept:     Land Resources and Environmental Sciences 
Title:       "Ecology and Behavior of Insect Pollinators, Predators, and Pests”" 

Date:     Friday, November 6,1pm
Location:   Webex

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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:    Monday, November 30, 1:00pm
Location:   Webex  https://montana.webex.com/meet/x29p445  

 PI:          Jed Eberly     
Dept:     Central Agricultural Research Center    
Title:       "Microbial solutions for sustainable agroecosystems"

Date:    Monday, January 25, 9:00am
Location:   WEBEX:https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=me0eda9386a835aec85b514a8f201bb85

PI:          Dr, Frankie Crutcher    
Dept:     Eastern Agricultural Research Center    
Title:       "Management of diseases caused by Fusarium pathogens of agronomically important crops in Montana"

Date:    Tuesday, January 26, 10:00am
Location:   WEBEX

PI:          Dr, Chengci Chen    
Dept:     Eastern Agricultural Research Center    
Title:       "Agronomic Research for Profitability and Conservation in Eastern Montana"

Date:    Monday, January 25, 2:00pm
Location:   WEBEX https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=me362624c2ccbdb0e5c4a41d2a067f58f