The attached report, prepared by Tong Wang, FSHN, summarizes to major practices for preparing a sound proposal for USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The report is based on presentations at the 2011 Systems Science Grantsmanship Workshop, Knoxville, TN, Aug. 9, 2011.

As noted in the report, PowerPoint presentations from the workshop are posted at http://agresearch.tennessee.edu/nifa/sessions.asp