NIFA Reporting Web Conference June 14, 2012

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Bart Hewitt Bart is the Director of the Planning, Accountability, and Reporting Staff. He has responsibility for REEport and Legacy CRIS business functions, the national effort for the State Plan of Work and Annual Report process, the Multistate Research Fund Project Proposal approvals for NIFA; and develops performance information for OMB Performance and NIFA Budget. (202) questions to

User Support (202) or Do not contact Texas A&M support FAQs and other information on the NIFA Reporting Web Conference web page at questions to

Format and Logistics questions to topic suggestions to Conferences are recorded and will be available on the Reporting Web Conference web page at questions to

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What is REEport? NIFA’s grant and formula project reporting system, building on and replacing the existing CRIS web forms system. REEport implements the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), a standard progress report format that all Federal research agencies will be required to use.Research Performance Progress Report questions to

Characteristics of REEport? No form numbers such as AD-416, AD-417, AD- 419, or AD-421 Instead: modules such as Project Initiation (which includes classification), Progress Report, Financial Report, and Final Technical Report questions to

Implementation of REEport A complete more robust REEport will be released for use. Target Date: April 1, questions to

The REEport System Deployment Deployment Delayed (4 or more months) –Why??? Government-wide IT Data Center Consolidation –National Information Technology Center (NITC) questions to

Steps to Full Deployment Quick Re-Alpha Testing Two Weeks questions to

Steps to Full Deployment Beta Testing end of May at the earliest –10 Sites –Have now been selected –30 Days questions to

Steps to Full Deployment –10 Sites Selected for Beta Testing University of Maine Cornell University of Florida Texas AgriLife Mississippi State University University of Tennessee Kansas State University University of Wisconsin University of California Washington State University questions to

Steps to Full Deployment IT Fixes from Beta Testing –30 Days questions to

Steps to Full Deployment Site Administrators Set Up Sites –Beginning of Deployment –Up to 60 Days Training Site Open to Everyone –Same 60 Days parallel to Site Set Up questions to

Steps to Full Deployment Final Tweaking of REEport –2 Weeks Final Load of CRIS Data –Day before Final Deployment Turn on Production Server for Data Entry –Full Deployment –CRIS WebForms Off questions to

Implementation of REEport Non-Formula Grant Project Initiation Linked to Grants database – C-REEMS –Pre-population of some Project data Existing Non-Formula Grants & Project Reporting Copying Existing Formula Projects from CRIS to REEport –Annual Progress Reports –Continuations –Final Technical Reports questions to

Implementation of REEport Formula Grant Project Initiation & Classification Program of Research Assurance Statements Notifications and Reminders Link Hatch and Evans-Allen Projects to POW Data Exchange with NIMSS questions to

Implementation of REEport Moving Existing Formula Projects to REEport –Progress Reports –Financial Report –Termination Reports Notifications and Reminders Link Hatch and Evans-Allen Projects to POW –Auto Upload FTEs, Financial Data, KAs & % to Annual Report questions to

REEport Progress Report Annual and Final (Termination) Reports Must Conform to the Research Project Progress Report (RPPR) Standard Report –Must be used Government-wide by Extramural Research Granting Agencies –Fields and Descriptions of Fields are prescribed –Flexibility for NIFA to include extra descriptions questions to

NIFA Reporting and Reports Portal One Place to enter for: –REEport –Plan of Work –Partnership Leadership Management Dashboard One User ID and Password for Reporting All Users must have a User ID and Password Roles –Site Administrator –Project Grantees (PDs) questions to

Where will you get data from REEport? REEIS - Partnership LMD – (Leadership Management Dashboard) NIFA Portal - questions to

REEport Training YES, there will be a training Site!! Training Site Available After Beta Testing Web Conferences (Recorded) Help Text and Definition Links on each screen User Manual questions to

Information on REEport Reporting Web Conferences – REEport box REEport Implementation Web Page – questions to

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PARS REEport Staff Bart Hewitt - D irector, Planning, Accountability, and Reporting Staff Adam Preuter – IT Specialist (Customer Support) –Project Initiation –Financial Report –eJackets Laura Wascavage – Management and Program Analyst – –Project Initiation –Progress Report –eJackets Falita Liles – Information Resource Specialist –REEport Data Retrieval Expert Katelyn Sellers – Management and Program Analyst –REEport Data Analysis questions to

Grants Reporting Policy Related to REEport

Project Duration 5 Year Limit on Projects –Formula and Non-Formula –Formula includes: Hatch (including Multistate Hatch) Evans-Allen McIntire-Stennis Animal Health (1433) questions to

Progress and Final Report Due Dates Regular non-formula Grant Projects –Progress Reports due within 90 days after Anniversary Date Continuation Grant Projects –Progress Reports due by Anniversary Date –90 Day Window Starts 90 Days prior Formula Grant Projects –Progress Reports due on March 1 each year Final/Termination Reports –Due Same as above (depending on type of grant) –Must be submitted before receiving any other grants from NIFA questions to

Non-Formula Grants Process RFA Grants.gov Proposals Peer Review Process Awards C-REEMS C-REEMS REEport Import of Data REEport notifies PI, Site Admin to do Project Initiation PI and/or Site Admin enters data into REEport questions to

Formula Grants Process Formula Grant Opportunity (FGO) Grants.gov Peer Review Process At the Experiment Station Site Administrator and/or PI enters Project Initiation in REEport Submit to NIFA NPL Review –Accept, Defer, Reject questions to

Project Numbers Non-Formula Grant Projects are designated with its Grant Number, Project Number and an Accession number. –State can choose own project number Formula Projects each have its own Accession number and a Project Number –State can choose own project number –Duplicate project numbers allowed questions to

Who Can Submit a Project Initiation or Progress Report? Depends on the permissions given by Site Administrator at the Land Grant Universities –60 days before final deployment For Non-Land Grant Grantees the PI is the default unless a Site Administrator is designated in advance by an Institution/Organization. It is best to have a document signed by your director that shows delegation authority to submit projects. questions to

Other Related Reporting Requirements Financial Reports –REEport Financial Report (Old AD-419) Formula Grants only (expenditures by project) –SF-425 (For all Grants at the Grant Level) Includes Formula Grants (Hatch, Evans-Allen, etc.) –Multistate and Integrated Research and Extension AREERA 105 and 204 Plan of Work and Annual Report –Four Major Formula Grants Only –Program Level Accountability questions to

Other Reporting Requirements Bayh-Dole Act –Reporting Inventions arising from Federal funded research –Facilitates and accelerates the transfer of technologies –Takes advantage of market-based incentives and plant variety protection processes –Help you retain rights to inventions –Formula grants are Federal Grants!! –See NIFA website for more information questions to

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See you in August! Next NIFA Reporting Web Conference is scheduled for Thursday, August 9, from 2-4 pm (Eastern) Topics: Update on Plan of Work Software Changes, and Outcomes Writing Workshop, Katelyn Sellers topic suggestions for RWC to Visit the conference web site at for: –The recording of this conference –The slides from this conference –Announcements questions to