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2011 CALS Workshop: Preparing Multi-Institutional Proposals For USDA AFRI Challenge Areas

Submitted by rclemens on August 26, 2011 - 10:40am

In the attached video files, four researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) share their experiences in leading or playing a key role in large multi-institutional, transdisciplinary proposals proposals submitted to the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The five video segments (WMV video format), were taped during a 2011 CALS workshop.

  • Introduction by Joe Colletti, CALS Senior Associate Dean, and discussion by Lois Wright Morton, Sociology: Project Director, $20M Coordinated Agricultural Project. A copy of the proposal for this project is available at http://sustainablecorn.org/docs/project_narrative.pdf
  • John Patience, Animal Science: Primary Investigator, $5M project.
  • Alison Robertson, Plant Pathology: Co-PI and Extension Coordinator of $9.28M project led by Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Virginia Tech.
  • Ken Moore, Agronomy: Project Director, $25M Coordinated Agricultural Project.
  • Q&A Session

    • Handouts from the workshop are also attached.

    AttachmentSize
    Introduction (J Colletti) and presentation by L.W. Morton.wmv35.01 MB
    John Patience.wmv20.38 MB
    Alison Robertson.wmv19.48 MB
    Ken Moore.wmv25.34 MB
    Q&A.wmv48.13 MB
    Sample collaborator checklist.xlsx13.25 KB
    Sample proposal attachment checklist.doc44 KB
    Sample proposal timeline.pdf295.27 KB