CYFAR 2011 Sustainable Community Projects Orientation 2011 Reporting Current Research Information System (CRIS)

CYFAR 2011 Sustainable Community Projects Orientation 2011 Reporting Current Research Information System (CRIS) C R I S

C R I S What is CRIS? Current Research Information System The USDA’s documentation and reporting system for ongoing agricultural, food and nutrition, and forestry activities. 47,000 descriptions of current, publicly‑supported activities: USDA agencies State Agricultural Experiment Stations State land‑grant colleges and universities State schools of forestry Cooperating schools of veterinary medicine Cooperative Extension Service USDA grant recipients

C R I S CRIS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Web based search facility Electronic data entry system for submitting CRIS reports Expanded Accomplishments Reports Free access Web site to thousands of research, education, and extension abstracts documented in CRIS http://cris.csrees.usda.gov

C R I S CRIS REPORTS Work Unit Description: Basic abstract to describe a project Accomplishments Report: Annual update of project outcomes, impacts, and publications

C R I S Annual accomplishments reports and final reports are requested by the NIFA program office.

C R I S CRIS emails notifications of final reports processed in previous month to the NIFA Program Manager.

To submit an Accomplishments or Final Report C R I S Go to the CRIS Web Forms site at: http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/

Select Forms Assistance / Data Mangement

Select Accomplishments Report (AD-421)

Select your state

Select participating site and enter password

Enter project director last name Enter/Edit information

Select Project

Select annual or final report (this is only on your 5th year)

Enter Outputs Outputs

Enter Outcomes/Impacts Outcomes/Impacts

Enter Publications Check and Save Publications

Check information entered Go to Screen 2

Select an option Enter PARTICIPANTS if applicable Participants

Select an option Enter TARGET AUDIENCES if applicable TargetAudiences

Select an option Enter PROJECT MODIFICATIONS if applicable Check and Save data ProjectModifications

Confirm report

Confirmation Screen Report Complete Notify your CRIS site administrator

C R I S CRIS Contacts • Juanita Hammond • jhammond@nifa.usda.gov • 202-690-0011 • Adam Preuter • apreuter@nifa.usda.gov • 202-690-0124

C R I S C R I S Questions Thank you!

CYFAR 2011 Sustainable Community Projects Orientation 2011 Reporting Current Research Information System (CRIS)