WY AES COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM—FY 2016
Review Form
Title:
PI:
Please comment on the following:
I. Scientific merit of the application
a. Objectives: clarity and delineation.
b. Methodology: scientific soundness, suitability and feasibility.
c. Previous research: demonstrated awareness of previous and alternative approaches to the problem.
d. Originality: novelty, innovation, uniqueness.
II. Qualifications of project personnel and project management
a. Qualifications of applicant(s) to conduct the proposed project.
b. Adequacy and reasonableness of the budget.
c. Planning and administration of the proposed project, including: time allocated for systematic attainment of
objectives, planned administration of the project and its maintenance, partnerships, collaborative
efforts.
d. Dissemination of information.
III. Project Relevance
a. Adequacy of the explanation of the project’s relevance to at least one of the following USDA National Institute
of Food and Agriculture priorities:
1. Global Food Security and Hunger
2. Climate Change
3. Sustainable Energy
4. Childhood Obesity, Nutrition, and Health
5. Food Safety
6. Rangeland and Forest Ecosystems
IV. Program Preferences
a. Does the project include significant activities at R&E Centers?
b. Does the project address one or more of the Production Agriculture Research Priorities
(http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/_files/docs/production-ag-research-priorities.pdf)?
c. Is the project team multidisciplinary, multi-college, or multi-state?
d. Are the principal investigators untenured faculty or does the project support graduate students?
e. Does the proposal format follow RFP-specified guidelines?
f. If funded, what is the likelihood that this project will lead to additional external funding?
V. Additional comments:
RECOMMENDATION (check one)
Fund
Perhaps fund
Do not fund