Building
Research
Partnerships
Nick Dokoozlian
April 27, 2008
Keys to Building
Successful Research Partnerships
• What is going well with SCRI funding?
– Significant funding is now available for integrated
collaboration
– Language supporting stakeholder needs and
outcomes is clear
– Industry partnership is significant
– Program is meeting objectives
• What are the opportunities for improving SCRI?
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Communication with scientists
Collaboration within research community
Cross-commodity integration where appropriate
Matching funds
Building Successful Research Partnerships
• Define project
– Identify business need driving research
– Define scientific problem
– Scope and scale of proposed research
• Identify appropriate disciplinary expertise and
integration
– Who and where are the best scientists?
– Is the team cross-functional and trans-disciplinary?
• Communicate and build consensus
– Industry drives business need and stays engaged
with the process
– Scientists drive research objectives to meet desired
business outcomes
National Grape and Wine Initiative
December 2007
Production and Processing Efficiency Section
Objective 3.1 Optimize Vineyard Production Systems for Cost, Quality and Environment
Project 1: Influence of water and soil quality parameters on vine performance, production sustainability and grape and wine quality
Project deliverables
•Defined impact of major soil and water quality parameters including salinity, permeability and toxic element concentrations (B, Na, Cl) on vine performance and
production sustainability
•Relative rootstock and cultivar performance under high salinity and toxic elements; rootstock and cultivar recommendations for grape production under
conditions of poor soil and water quality.
•Influence of major soil and water quality including salinity, permeability and toxic element concentrations (B, Na, Cl) on fruit and wine composition and sensory
characteristics
Budget
•Estimated budget $300,000 per year for 5 years (2008-2012)
•Funding sources: AVF, Western States Viticulture Consortium; USDA-ARS; Industry Partners (vineyards, wine making, data collection).
Proposed Integrated Research Team
Required
Disciplines
Contribution
to project
Personnel
Viticulture
• Vineyard
management
and
experimental
Viticulture
design
• Vine yield
component
analyses
UCD
•Fidelibus
•Wolpert
Cornell
•Bates
Texas Tech
•Hellman
Plant
physiology
• Gas
exchange
and water
relations
• Toxic
element
uptake and
partitioning
ARS- Davis
•McElrone
UCD
•Williams
•Smart
•Matthews
WSU
•Keller
Cornell
•Lakso
Soil & Water
Science
Ag
Engineering
• Application of • Mechanical
soil and water
or chemical
salinity
remediation
treatments
and
of salinity
Soil & water
manipulations
and toxic
• Soil & water
elements in
permeability
water
and salinity
measurements
ARSRiverside
• Suarez
ARS- Parlier
•Wong
•Ayres
ARS- TBD
Winemaking
& Sensory
Environment
• Fruit and
wine
composition
• Research
wine
making and
sensory
evaluations
• Nutrient
run-off and
leaching
into ground
water
ARS – Albany
• Zunino
ARS-Parma
•Lee
UCD
•Waterhouse
•Ebeler
Virginia Tech
•Zachlin
Davis
•Ebleler
•Heyman
Industry
•Lohr
•Gallo
•St.
Michelle
•Others?
ARS-UCD
•Steenwerth
Chemistry
Statistics
• Experimental
design, data
analysis &
modeling
Next Steps
NGWI Research Committees
• Production and Processing Efficiency
– Follow-up on current SCRI proposals on water and automation
– Plant nutrition is the next highest priority area in grape production
• Consumer Insights
– Identify the impacts of grapes and grape products on human health and nutrition
• Sustainability
– Production sustainability research, including water and carbon
– Follow-up on SCRI vineyard carbon planning grant
• Quality
– Identify the key quality constituents driving grape and grape product quality
– Grape genomics, National Clean Plant Network
– Follow-up on SCRI grape metabolomics proposal
• Outreach and Education
– Follow-up on SCRI e-Extension proposal