A General Guide for Hatch
Proposal Development, AAES and CoAg, AU
- Why
do we have these projects?
- Funding sources (i.e., Federal and State
dollars) are linked to these projects, and these dollars provide
personnel salaries and support of AAES facilities.
- Projects provide means for administrative
oversight of progress on research conducted on AAES facilities.
- These are research "plans of work"
for faculty. Note that in the College of Agriculture,
these projects are supposed to be general enough to cover the possibility
of a modification in emphasis, since these projects are active for five
years.
- Project
Selection—what a researcher addresses for a project should be based
on the following :
- Is the problem important to the Alabama producer
and consumer, and is it compatible with the goals and objectives of the
AAES?
- Is the project timely in addressing problems
that are most critical, yet general enough for long-term
implementation?
- Is the project aligned with the research
interests of PI's and departmental field of specialization?
- Is the project unique in AAES and other
projects nationwide?
- Proposal
development
- Cover Pages:
- Project Submission
Form (includes suggested reviewers and intradepartmental signatory
approvals) and
- Project Form
1
- Summary of CRIS retrieval to
demonstrate that proposed research is unique and differs from
other active projects in CRIS.
- Justification. Provide information
relative to Alabama
state needs for the research, the appropriateness of research for the
mission of AAES; reasons for doing the work; and ways that knowledge will
be advanced with completion of work.
- Review of literature that briefly summarizes
previous related work and present outlook.
- Procedure(s). Keep these relatively
general for flexibility. Include a
statement describing possible collaborations.
- Schedule. In the College of Agriculture,
these are five-year projects.
- Estimated
Costs, for each year of project:
- A. Salaries and Wages. Include estimated
salaries from Div. 3 (i.e,
‘hard’ money research support) for all PI's,
staff, and wages of students. Include possible grant-supported
personnel.
- B. Fringe Benefits. For FY 2008, this is
26% on estimated salaries.
- C. Equipment. Include maintenance
contracts, etc. New purchases of needed major equipment will
likely be through grants, yet should be included here.
- D. Materials and Supplies. Estimate costs
associated with anticipated efforts.
- E. Travel. Include estimates of travel to
research sites and to professional meetings.
- F. Publication Costs
- G. Departmental Charges. Include phone,
copies, etc. that might be charges through your department.
- H. Total Costs
- Support and Collaborations. State
sources and estimated amounts of extramural monies that could provide
additional support of proposed work.
Provide list of collaborators at AAES and other institutions.
- Project Review
- Departmental—Each
department will review faculty projects from within the department.
- Check for format and
scientific merit.
- After departmental approval, project should
be submitted to AAES, 105 Comer Hall, by 15 May.
- One hard copy and one electronic file copy of
the project proposal are required for review
by an ad hoc committee. AAES Project Review Team compiles comments (Review
Form) and makes recommendation to Director.
- If a
project is found to be unsatisfactory, the faculty member will have an
opportunity to correct weaknesses in order to produce a satisfactory proposal.
- Project Submission
- Final copy of proposal to AAES Office
- When approved by AAES, AD-416, -417, and CSREES-2008 forms
need to be completed. For
instruction, click here.
- Electronic file will be required.
- Project number will be assigned.
- Notice should later be received of Federal
acceptance.
- Annual progress reports (Form AD-421) will need
to be submitted in early months of each year of project. For
instruction, click here.