1. Agency Update National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/USDA Melanie Krizmanich Office of Extramural Programs

2. Agenda Transition to ASAP Implementation of 425 Transition to REEport AFRI Other Items

3. Transition to ASAP FY 2009 ASAP pilot successful FY 2010, ASAP for: –ALL awards under Biomass Program –NEW awards for all other programs (i.e., formula, competitive, and non-competitive programs) –Continuations, renewals, & supplementals w/new increment of funding

4. New ASAP Users Follow enrollment instructions – process starts over after 45 days. Contact after enrollment is complete –Formula: Patricia Myers (202) 401-3481 pmyers@nifa.usda.gov –Competitive: Jameal Clark (202) 401-6873 jaclark@nifa.usda.gov

5. 425 Implementation Non-Formula –PMS Quarterly Reporting Process Final sent to NIFA - awards@nifa.usda.govawards@nifa.usda.gov –ASAP Research.gov? Quarterly/Final - awards@nifa.usda.govawards@nifa.usda.gov

6. 425 Implementation-continued. Formula –PMS Quarterly Reporting Process Final sent to NIFA - formulagrantforms@nifa.usda.gov formulagrantforms@nifa.usda.gov –ASAP Research.gov? Quarterly/Final - formulagrantforms@nifa.usda.gov formulagrantforms@nifa.usda.gov

7. Transition to REEport CRIS: USDA's documentation and reporting system for publicly-supported projects REEport: a new reporting system which format is based on the RPPR Incremental transition from CRIS to REEport

8. Version 1 of REEport will be deployed in 4 stages Non-formula Grants –Stage A: project initiation; Oct 1, 2010 –Stage B: progress/termination; Jan 14, ‘11 Formula Grants –Stage C: project initiation; Oct 1, 2011 –Stage D: expenditure/progress/termination; Oct 1, ‘11

9. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) FY 2010 request for applications (RFAs) –Seven RFAs Five topic areas (challenge areas) One foundational One fellowship (includes pre-doctoral fellowships) –Total budget of about $262,482,000

10. 6 of the 7 AFRI Postings USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003042: Sustainable Bioenergy USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003041: Global Food Security USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003037: Childhood Obesity Prevention USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003038: Climate Change USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003039: Food Safety USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003040: Foundational Program

11. Other Items Indirect Cost Matrix – Summer 2010 Grants Policy Manual – 2011 Transition to NIFA