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February 13, 2012: The President's FY2013 budget request released

February 8, 2012: Latest presentation by our marketing firm, kglobal

NC proposal size reductions approved at our fall NCRA meeting. See Appendices A and B of our NCRA Multistate Guidelines

Links to NC Battelle Study "Power and Promise" Executive Summary and Full Report

New NCDC-Proposal Committee: Travel Funding for Competitive Proposal Preparation

Marketing the AES: Op-Ed Articles

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Contact Information

212D Agriculture Hall
1450 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608)262-2349
Fax: (608)265-6434

Events

2011 Fall ESS/AES/ARD Meeting and Workshop

NCRA Spring Meeting 2012

  • April 2 - 4, 2012
  • The Embassy Suites Downtown, Indianapolis, IN
  • To reserve a room, call 317-236-1800 and ask for the NCRA 2012-IC block
  • Draft Agenda

2012 NC/NE Joint Summer Meeting

  • July 8-10, 2012
  • Hilton Burlington, VT
  • More info to come

2012 Fall ESS/SAES/ARD Workshop

  • Sept 24-26, 2012
  • Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH
  • More info to come

NIFA Liaisons to Regional Administrative Groups Associated with the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (and other partner organizations)

October 1, 2010
Responsibility of NIFA Liaisons for Regional and Administrative Groups

  1. Represent NIFA in meetings of the regional or administrative group by keeping abreast of issues, opportunities, people and programs in NIFAand presenting information related and responsive to the mission and interests of the regional and administrative groups with which you interact.
  2. Share information, recommendations and actions of the regional and administrative groups with NIFA leadership and staff.
Administrative Group Agency Representative(s) Telephone Number Email Address

Northeast Region

Hiram Larew

(202) 720-3801

hlarew @nifa.usda.gov

North Central Region

Deborah Sheely

(202) 401-5024

dsheely @nifa.usda.gov

Southern Region

Ralph Otto

(202) 720-3717

rotto @nifa.usda.gov

Western Region

Frank Boteler

(202) 720-7947

Fboteler @nifa.usda.gov

1890 Region

Meryl Broussard

(202) 401-6438

mabroussard @nifa.usda.gov

1994 Land-Grant Institutions

Andrea Brandon

(202) 720-9181

abrandon @nifa.usda.gov

Hispanic Serving Institutions

Ralph Otto

(202) 720-3717

rotto @nifa.usda.gov

AASCAR Institutions

Michael Fitzner

Jermelina Tupas

(202) 401-4939

(202) 720-7947

mfitzner @nifa.usda.gov

jtupas @nifa.usda.gov

NAUFRP Institutions

Frank Boteler

Eric Norland

(202) 720-7947

(202) 401-5971

Fboteler @nifa.usda.gov

enorland @nifa.usda.gov

Board on Agriculture Assembly

Roger Beachy

Ralph Otto

Meryl Broussard

(202) 720-4423

(202) 720-3717

(202) 401-6438

rbeachy @nifa.usda.gov

rotto @nifa.usda.gov

maabroussard @nifa.usda.gov

Board On Human Sciences

Caroline Crocoll

(202) 720-4795

ccrocoll @nifa.usda.gov

ESCOP and ECOP Executive Committees -

Roger Beachy

Meryl Broussard, ESCOP

Ralph Otto, ECOP

(202) 720-4423

(202) 401-6438

rbeachy @nifa.usda.gov

mabroussard @nifa.usda.gov

rotto @nifa.usda.gov

Board on Natural Resources

Mark Poth

Diana Jerkins

(202) 401-5244

(202) 401-6996

mpoth @nifa.usda.gov

djerkins @nifa.usda.gov

Board on Oceans and Atmosphere

Frank Boteler

Louie Tupas

(202) 720-7947

(202) 401-4926

fboteler @nifa.usda.gov

ltupas @nifa.usda.gov

Board on Veterinary Medicine

Margo Holland

Gary Sherman

(202) 401-5044

(202) 401-4952

mholland @nifa.usda.gov

gsherman @nifa.usda.gov

ESCOP Science and Technology SubCommittee

Muquarrab Qureshi

Bob MacDonald

(202) 401-4895

(202) 720-5623

mqureshi @nifa.usda.gov

rmacdonald @nifa.usda.gov

ESCOP Social Science SubCommittee

Siva Sureshwaran

Pat Hipple

(202) 720-7536

(202) 401-2185

ssureshwaran @nifa.usda.gov

phipple @nifa.usda.gov

ESCOP National Multistate Coordinating Committee

Bart Hewitt

Ray Knighton

(202) 720-0747

(202) 401-6417

bhewitt @nifa.usda.gov

rknighton @nifa.usda.gov

LEAD21 Leadership Development

Michel Desbois

(202) 690-0120

mdebois @nifa.usda.gov

ECOP,ESCOP

Budget & Legislative Committees

Christina C. Buch

(202) 720-2810

tbuch @nifa.usda.gov

ACOP and ICOP Executive Committees

Jermelina Tupas, ACOP

Hiram Larew, ICOP

(202) 720-2324

(202) 720-3801

jtupas @nifa.usda.gov

hlarew @nifa.usda.gov

ECOP- Leadership Advisory Council

Adele Turzillo

Aida Balsano

Jeannette Thurston

Ray Ali

Daniel Cassidy

(202) 401-6158

(202) 720-4436

(202) 720-7166

(202) 720-2727

(202) 401-6444

aturzillo @nifa.usda.gov

abalsano @nifa.usda.gov

jthurston @nifa.usda.gov

rali @nifa.usda.gov

dcassidy @nifa.usda.gov

ECOP Diversity Task Force

Shing Kwok

(202) 401-6060

skwok @nifa.usda.gov

JCEP

Bill Hoffman

(202) 401-1112

bhoffman @nifa.usda.gov

SYSTEM

INTEGRATION TASK FORCE

Dick Hegg

Marty Draper

(202) 401-6550

(202) 401-1990

dhegg @nifa.usda.gov

mdraper @nifa.usda.gov

EMERGING ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS TASK FORCE

Hongda Chen

Dan Schmoldt

Dionne Toombs

Greg Smith

(202) 401-6497

(202) 720-4807

(202) 401-2138

(202) 720-2067

hchen @nifa.usda.gov

dschmoldt @nifa.usda.gov

dtoombs @nifa.usda.gov

gsmith @nifa.usda.gov