Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
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Reporting databases
• CRIS
• Annual Report
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Outcome Reporting
• Outcome measures
• Outcome statements
• Impact statements
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Information sharing
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Reporting Databases
• CRIS (Current Research Information System)
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USDA’s documentation and reporting system for
ongoing and recently completed research and
education projects
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Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA
research agencies, state agricultural experiment
stations, land-grant universities, other
cooperating state institutions, and participants
in NIFA-administered grant programs
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http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/search.html
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Reporting Databases
• CRIS (Current Research Information System)
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To set up a project
•
AD-416 Work Unit Description
• provides a basic abstract to describe a project
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AD-417 Project Classification
• Basic Research, Applied Research, Development Effort
• Classification by Knowledge Area, Subject of Investigation,
and Field of Science
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Assurance Form
• protocols for the use or care of animals, human subjects,
and/or biohazards.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Reporting Databases
• CRIS (Current Research Information System)
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To report on a project
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AD-421 Accomplishments Report
• annual update of outcomes, impacts, and
publications
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Reporting Databases
• AREERA Annual Report
• The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA) requires approved Plans of
Work (every five years) and Annual Reports of
Accomplishment from Extension and Research in order to
receive federal funding.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Outcome Reporting
• Outcome measures
• Outcomes statements
• Impact statements
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Outcome Measures
• Critical components
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Select the right things to measure – both controllable and
important to achieving success;
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Measure those things in the right ways – with useable
indicators and targets;
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Employ measures in a framework to improve performance;
and
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Create an organizational culture valuing and encouraging
use of measures.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
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Outcome Measures
Sampling of OAES Outcome Measures
• SCHOLARLY excellence (referreed articles, book chapters, participation on panels)
• IMPROVED ANIMAL AND PLANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
• EFFECTS ON AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH
• BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
• BREEDING PROGRAMS THAT RESULT IN DESIRABLE TRAITS, CULTIVARS AND
VARIETIES
• DECIPHER GENOMES, GENETICS AND MECHANISMS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
• IMPROVED BIOPRODUCT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Outcome Measures
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Indicators of Outcome
a) Percentage of improved knowledge
b) Acres of improved wheat varieties
c) Value of application of new technologies per acre
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Targets Reported
a) 5%
b) 1000 per county
c) $5,000 per acre saved
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Outcome Statements
An outcome statement is a brief summary, in lay terms, that:
• Highlights the difference your program is making for the
public good.
• Concisely summarizes what you did to achieve this
difference.
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Clearly states payoffs to society.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Outcome Statements
• What does a quality outcome statement look like?
• The most useful pieces of data for NIFA are the qualitative
outcomes written with quantitative evidence of
performance
Issue:
Producers, seedsmen, and breeders are interested
in new cultivars that bring them increased revenue.
What has been done: The new varieties Faller Wheat and Lariat
were released for use.
Results: The estimated dollar value to producers, seedsmen,
breeders on these new varieties is $290,600,000 for 2007.
It answers the question, “So What?”
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Impact Statements
An impact statement is a brief summary, that reports:
• economic
• environmental
•
social
•
health/well–being
In terms of:
• Knowledge gained and how that knowledge is applied.
• Behavior or attitude changes.
• Practice or situation changes.
• Results of those behavior, attitude, practice or situation changes.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Impact Statements
Effective impact statements:
• Provide quantifiable evidence of change or difference the
program made.
• Give other evidence, such as testimonials or anecdotes.
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Realistically project potential benefit for work in progress.
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Provide only enough detail to be easily understood.
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Highlight public benefits, outcomes, payoffs.
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
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Impact Statements
Example of good impact statement:
“Currently, wood adhesives are predominately derived
from non-renewable petrochemicals and may contain
hazardous formaldehyde. Research at Oregon State
University has successfully developed an environmentally
friendly wood adhesive from soybean flour had is
currently used in commercial production of interiorly used
plywood panels. The emission of volatile organic
compounds and hazardous air pollutants in each
production plant has been reduced by 90 percent by using
this new technology.”
Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station
Federal Reporting
Information Sharing
How NIFA Uses Information:
• Program Leadership
• State Plan of Work Accountability
• Portfolio Reviews
• OMB PART process
• Budget Performance Integration
• GAO and OIG inquiries
• Answer Congressional & Departmental inquiries
How CAS Uses Information:
• Highlight successes of Formula Grant Programs
• Press releases, Provost report
• Legislative/congressional/stakeholder packets and fact
sheets
Ellie Larsen, Program Specialist
7-9353
Ellie.larsen@oregonstate.edu