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NIMSS User Manual - Western Association of Agricultural

1. Research Research Subject of Field of Program Area Investigation Science 202 1649 1080 ADD More Row Extension FTE Program o O Agricultural competitiveness and profitability oO Community resource and economic development oO Family development and resource management O 4 H and youth development Fj Leadership and volunteer development C Natural resource and environmental management Fj Nutrition diet and health Send Email to Participant Yes 9 No O 3 Notice that you will NOT be able to change the project number title name or email on this form You WILL be able to change the official representative objectives SY PY TY information CRIS information and Extension information For more information on filling out this information refer to the Draft Edit New Participant Information section 4 When finished entering the participant information you may click the submit button This will send an email to participant CRIS and CSREES as well as a confirmation email to the submitter You may also choose NOT to send email notification this should be used ONLY in the case that a minor edit has been made by selecting the NO radial button next to Send email to participant If there are any questions regarding participation input contact your system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna pearc
2. Search icon 2 The following screen will appear in a new browser window gt NIMSS Guest Search Search Eres i pert iie Elis Fe Er Fegin 4 Click on either the hyperlink Project or Person depending on what you NIMSS Guest Search NIMSS Guest Search TENES NIMSS Find a Person Search l l Project Project Title soybean Tur n Person From Region Any Region v Status Any Status Type of Project Any Type v i 5 Fill in any or all of the fields 6 NIMSS will run a query to locate the information for which you are looking be displayed when it is finished Search for Project are looking for The information will Found 7 Results per Page 10 Go to pagel v Project Number and Title Status NC504 Soybean Rust A New Pest of Soybean Production A NCR137 Soybean Diseases NCR137 A NCR200 Management Strategies to Control Major Soybean Virus Diseases in the North Central Region A NCR OLD137 Soybean Diseases A NCT202 Soybean Rust A S281 Dynamic Soybean Insect Management for Emerging Agricultural Technologies and Variable Environments A 1010 Dynamic Soybean Pest Management for Evolving Agricultural Technologies and Cropping Systems 5 281 A 7 Ifyou are looking for a project click on the project number to view the project s homepage Use the drop down arrows next to Results per Page and Go to to view more information if more exists
3. 2008 10 2004 20058 IA SAA SAIA Region Approved Region Approved Regon Approved Regon ppravied Regan Approved Ragan Approved Region Approved Region Approved Regen Approved Regen Approved Regon Approved Ragan Approved Region Approved Region Approved Region Approved Draft Regin Appraved i a Tul Acn ee M 15 To create a new request click on Create New The following screen will appear Request Submit a Request to Write a Proposal View aM indicates eequared information Chinese New or New F ee Ts Lew d Create Nev Revisions Replacement Project Edit 5pprave rita Start Date and End Year rnm vywy Da ovn Sponsoring Station Moth Central Fh csanal Association of Agnculural Experiment Station Dw ct rs v Pme and Jastilicatinn This portion should provide information on the following topics and is intended te be the exact information required in the Project Outline s Statement of the Issues and snhestion secti n Please inckside such infarmati n xs The need as indicated by stakeholders The importance of the work and what the consequences ane if it is not dane The tedwa eant el the research The advantages for doing the work as a multistate effort What the likely impacts will be from successfully completing the wark Max characters 20 000 Single lina breaks are not preserved use double line breaks instead or use a cp tag Fo separate paragraphe Save C
4. Double Line paragraph 1 Pepin aragraph 1 lt p gt paragraph 2 Dana ne lt br gt Single oa his is line one lt br gt this 1s line two ae i m bi break his is line two pes fos is lt b gt bolded text lt b gt this is bolded text Italicize this is lt i gt italicized text lt 1 gt this 1s italicized text he ul tag indicates the beginning nordesed qos he ul tag indicates the beginning lt ul gt SES list item one lt li gt list item e list item one wo lt li gt list item three lt ul gt and the ul indicates the end e list item two e list item three and the ul indicates the end HTML 4 0 Reference if you are interested in learning more HTML tags Special Characters Sometimes browsers will not recognize special characters And since the less than and greater than signs are used to delimit html tags you will need to use an alternate code So below is a table of codes you could use in place of a special character amp lt Less than symbol gt Greater than symbol amp Ampersand ISO 8859 1 character set overview which contains more codes for more special characters 51
5. IS ENTERED ONTO A PAGE Items with a are required pieces of the proposal e Basic info Title A brief clear specific statement of the subject of the planned activity This should not exceed 140 letters and spaces Do not use terms such as Research on or Studies of or Investigation of Requested Project Duration From mm yyyy to September 30 four digit year usually five years It is desirable that an activity s starting date be October 1 the first day of the federal fiscal year FFY The termination date for all activities will be September 30 Administrative Advisor s Use the Pick button to look up and choose an advisor This is not required until the proposal is submitted as final e Issue s and Justification Limited to 20 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use either a double line break pressing enter twice or html tags such as lt p gt to separate paragraphs e Related Current and Previous Work only used on the Multistate Research Proposal Format Limited to 20 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use either a double line break pressing enter twice or html tags such as lt p gt to separate paragraphs e Types of Activities only used with the Rapid Response Proposal Format Limited to 4 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so separate paragraphs using a double line break or an HTML tag such as p e Objectives Limited to 4 000 c
6. Project By Station By Project Region By Extension Project Search Invite Participation Draft Edit Participation Draft New Edit Existing Change Within Station Approve Remove Participation Reports Meetings View a Report or Meeting Search for Report Upcoming Meetings Past Meetings Search For Meeting Create a Meeting Draft Edit Report Annual SAES 422 or Termination Report Draft a New Annual Termination Report Basic Information Edit an Existing Annual Termination Report View Current Report View Proposal Participants summary of Minutes Accomplishments Impact Statements Publications Submission Approve a Report Reviews Directory General Search Functions Station Directors Extension Directors 1890 Directors Administrative Advisors CSREES Representatives Regional Offices Executive Directors Find a Person Contact Contact Experts by Research Problem Area Contact Experts by Subject of Investigation Contact Participants ATTACHMENT 1 NIMSS User Manual INTRODUCTION NIMSS is the acronym for the National Information Management and Support System It is a joint project of the four Regional Associations NCRA North Central Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors NERA Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors SAAESD Southern Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors WAAESD Western Association of State Agricultural Experiment
7. Station By Project Region By Program My Participation Search Use the navigation bar on the left side of the screen to choose which function to use VIEW PARTICIPATION BY PROJECT 1 Click on By Project on the left side of the View Participants screen Settings Search Links Help Logout NIMSS View Participants Appendix E Format for Reporting Project Participation IUNII My Participation Project Region North Central v Proj No By Project By Station Part 1 Participant List NC 7 By Project Region e By Extension Program NC 129 E Search NC 136 Part 2 Research Summary NC 140 NC 170 NC 202 NC 205 Grand Total NC 213 NC 218 Part 3 Extension Summary NC 219 NC 229 NC 505 NC 1001 NC 1002 NC 1003 NC 1004 Grand FTE Total Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 2 Inthe Project Region drop down menu click on the region to which the project you are interested in belongs Northeast North Central Southern Western 3 After you have chosen the regional association in the Project No drop down menu choose the project number for which you would like to see participants 4 This should automatically generate the participant information for that project 5 Click the Print Version button to obtain a clean copy for printing 21 VIEW PARTI
8. Station Directors NIMSS is designed to facilitate the work of the Agricultural Experiment Station Director in managing the station s Multistate Research portfolio It is purely a web based application to allow submission and search of information online anytime anywhere This User Manual is organized according to the functions that can be performed online Detailed instructions are provided specifically for forms to be completed and submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the National Guidelines for Multistate Research Activities that were approved at the National Experiment Station Section meeting on September 24 2000 This 1s why the forms are referred to as Appendices To view ONLY the topic that you are interested in click the appropriate section in the Table of Contents To print instructions for that particular topic simply click the print button on your browser If you have comments or questions regarding this User Manual contact your Regional System Administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna_pearce ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu THE GUEST MENU hier aati on Management and Support System Guest Menu To use the guest menu click on the regions of the map or the icons If you are involved in multistate research activities projects it is recommended that you regi
9. a station director b SEARCH NIMSS similar to the previous section on the Search Functions c View LINKS associated with NIMSS and its users l MRF Guidelines 2 CRIS Information 3 Regional Associations d Usethe HELP function to search for answers to your questions or submit a question to the programmers e LOG OUT of the system 9 ta AYN 10 PROJECT INFORMATION VIEWING A PROJECT Mouse over the Projects heading in the green navigation bar A drop down menu will appear allowing you to highlight the function you would like to perform In this case choose View Projects and click on it SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT View Projects lication that will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects and Activities ta submit proposals and reports online Interested parties 3 d cooperators can also query the System for relevant and timely information SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT View Projects Search for Project National MRF Portfolio List of Proposals Project History Enter Project Number 773 Project Homepages Project Title Archived Projects From Region Any Region B Search for Project l Status Any Status v Type of Project Any Type E To search for a project fill in any or all of the fields If more than one project fits the criteria a list will appear Click on a project number to view the project outline If you know th
10. be linked to that meeting If the 26 Oct 2003 to 28 Oct 2003 agit report meeting has passed you can dE Le NCR201 Integrated Pest Management meeting info and opt to 06 Apr 2004 to 07 Apr 2004 not send out email new report notices NCT198 Applied Commodity Price Analysis Forecasting and Market Risk Management NCR134 You will only be allowed 19 Apr 2004 to 20 Apr 2004 to draft edit reports for projects if you are the 44 of that project or the 44 has given you editor access Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 TO DRAFT A NEW ANNUAL TERMINATION REPORT 1 Ifa meeting has been entered into the system but no SAES 422 Annual Report has been drafted AAs and project coordinators will have the option to click on new report This will bring up the following screen SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT Draft Edit SAES 422 NCT198 SAES 422 Basic Info Report Termination Report yes No Basic Info Date of Report dd Participants Ld mm i yvyy Summary of Minutes Period Report Covers to mm yyyy Accomplishments Meeting Dates 04 19 2004 to 04 20 2004 mm dd yyyy Impact Statments Publications Submit to 44 View Current Report View NCT198 Proposal Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 43 2 This screen allows you to edit the annual report by sect
11. it is approved at which point the project will receive a new number based on the regional numbering series This number appears in the form NC tempXXXX NE tempXXXX S tempXXXX or W tempXXXX If you do not know your project s temp number you may use the List Proposals function on the Projects gt View screen You may also contact your system administrator To draft or edit a new proposal mouse over the Projects function on the green navigation bar This will reveal a drop down menu where you should click Draft Edit SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT raft Ec lication that will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties 1 H cooperators can also query the System for relevant and timely information TEPISE LOGOUT zer nraft Edit Project Proposal or Edit Homepage Info tinh new proposal You ean edit a project cM proposal as lang a5 it M eni had not been approved bic regionally or by cerea lit Draf homepage or i3 terminating HADIS Binlogea3l and Agricultural ndgineeremg HORDI Integrated Pest Management A YOU gan change project homepage Serta inita photo HORS Dramage dessgn and management practices bo improve water qualby A h mepage merirbers cure any HCT18B8 Applied Cammdiiy Pros nahas F arecastew and Market Risk A hampagn stage af project s Ma Management HCR134 Hi templ 7
12. menu to the left side of the screen View Reports Meetings Search for Report Upcoming Meetings Project Number Past Meetings Project Title Search for Meetings TN egion Search for Report 9 Any R gion Year of Report Date yyyy Show Cl annual Reports Ll Termination Reports SEARCH FOR REPORT 1 Click on the link on the left side of the screen 2 Fill in any or all of the fields Project Number Project Title Region Year of Report Date Show Annual Termination Reports Then click on Search A screen similar to the following will appear View Reports Meetings Search for Report Results Upcoming Meetings Past Meetings mee P Project Number Period Covered Search for Report Found 93 reports within 45 projects Results per Page 10 Go to page 1 x NCOO7 07 01 06 02 01 03 12 03 NCO94 10 02 10 03 NC100 06 05 06 05 NC107 10 00 09 01 10 01 10 02 10 02 09 03 10 03 09 04 NC125 01 01 12 01 12 02 12 02 01 02 12 02 01 03 12 03 NC129 01 01 12 01 01 03 12 03 NC131 10 01 09 02 10 02 09 03 NC136 10 01 09 02 10 02 09 03 10 02 10 03 10 03 10 04 NC140 10 01 09 02 10 02 09 03 NC168 10 97 09 03 termination 3 To view other reports you can t see on the current webpage adjust the Results per Page dropdown or the Go To Page dropdown These will either show more re
13. of Chestnut by Management of Populabons Pathogens Pests and Habitat Restoration amd its Development ag a Horticulbural Crop Bialcgical improvement of Chestnut by Management of Populations Pathogens Pests and Habitat Restoration and its Development as a Horticultural Crop Biological Improvement of Chestnut by Management of Populations Pathogens Pests and Habitat Restoration and its Development as Horticultural Crap Bialegical bmgravement af Chestnut by Management of Paaulabons Pathogens Pests and Habitat Rettori and its Development 35 3 Herticultural Crop Biaghriical Modeks fer Poultry Praducbon Systema Renew of HE 127 Chararterira Weed Papulatian Dynamics fer Impraved Long Term Weed Management Derisian Malang Renew af NC 202 Climate Data and Analyees WCC 102 Renew of WERA 102 Commodities Consumers and Communities Local Food Systems in a Globalizing Eriiranment Coordination of Sheep and Goat Research and Education Renew of WERA 3 Developng and integrating Componenti of Cammeraal Gre houte Production Systens Developenent of bia based alternates far managemg plant parasiie nematodes m crops Renew of NE 171 Masasabi HFlcmoad maua Pleanacle Lad H eonamuns Su Wuananacicaalhda danacaclaaas NUnaaculamlacsnddsian Maasi al km BA 10 2005 2010 10 2005 2010 10 2005 2010 10 2002 2007 10 2001 2007 11 2003 2008 11 2003 2008 11 2003 2008 11 2003 2008 10 2004 2009 06 2005 2010 M2003 2010 10 2002 2007 10 2005 2010 10 2003
14. users to search for and contact participants Mouse over the Directory function at the top NIMSS navigation bar and choose any of the options in the dropdown menu SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT NIMSS Projects Participants Reports Meetings Reviews Directory i Station Directors National Information Management and Support System ee Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based application that will allow participants of Multistate H 1890s Directors and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders and cooperators can also query the System for rele admin Advisors information CSRESS Reps For Action Regional Offices Proposal waiting for approval Participants to be approved Contact nniia l Tarrnin aFtian Panarrc tn he annrnvad GENERAL SEARCH FUNCTIONS On many of the screens you may choose how to view the information in table form e Region If you see this on your screen you can use the dropdown menu to view all of the stations or just those for the region in which you are interested e Order By If you see this on your screen you may choose to organize the list by headings at the top of the table e Per Page This dropdown menu allows users to view the information with more or less on the page For instance you may choose to view 10 station directors per page or 30 per page depending on which option you choose from the m
15. 014 NC 1100 NCR 9 NC 1011 NCR 65 NCR 194 NE 162 NE 167 NE 215 NE 1011 NE 1012 SERA IEG 19 W 192 W 501 W 1001 W 1133 WCC 208 WCC 1001 WCC 1004 W temp 801 NCC TEMP 881 25 Part 2 This screen provides a list of states that are members of projects under the specified extension program It totals the number of FTEs for each state in the far right column Project Number Part 2 State Participation by Program EXT Nevada Cooperative Extension WCC 1001 Region Total NC 1100 NE 1011 IL NC 1100 D 1 IN NCR 194 0 15 KS NC 229 NC 1003 NC 1014 NC 1100 NCR 9 W_temp 801 0 8 MI NC 1100 0 05 MN NC 1100 1 MO NCR 65 NE 1011 0 55 NE NC 1005 NC 1007 0 8 NC 1100 NE 1011 W i001 NE MA NE 215 NERA INE 215 NH NC 1011 NYC NE 1011 Scroll to the bottom of the screen to see a pie chart illustrating extension distribution by station region Distribution by Station Region BEXT 01 1 BNC 42 51 BINE 0 85 10 Ho 0 25 3 Bs 0 85 10 Bw 2 24 26 VIEW PARTICIPATION SEARCH Users can search for participants using the Search function under the Participation View tool on the top NIMSS navigation bar by Puteo By Propact By T hon e e e e e e e e e secan Clicking on the Search and then View Participation will bring up the following is Dend
16. 03 O9 05 NC_TEMP 1645 Start Oct 2000 Molecular Mecha Regulating Skeletal Musde Growth and Oiffer entiatan 10 02 059 03 Admin Advisors Elton Aberle CSREES Reps Deb Hamernik s e u E 10 05 MC TEMP 1661 Improvement of Thermal and Albernatree Processes for Foods Admin Advisers Daryl Lund lan Gray CSREES Reps Hongda Chen 1 MERET 1 0 0 31 D D4 F 10 05 NC TEMP1901 NC140 ROOTSTOCK AND INTERSTEM EFFECTS ON POME AND STONE FRUIT TREES Start Get 2003 11 08 04 10 02 09 03 Aden Advisors L lan Gray VWiendy Vimtersbeen 10 2002 Project was 12 e List of Proposals Lists all projects being proposed for approval their project period and their temporary numbers temp numbers Click the existing project number to view the current proposal Click the temp number to view the proposal up for review Isolate your regional projects by using the drop down arrow at the top of the page Project History Brings up a list of current projects their former project numbers and the new project View Projects National MRF Portfolio MRF Project Activities List of Proposals North Central List of Proposals Current Project Project History NC 129 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1845 NC 131 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1861 Project Homepages ae NC 136 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1901 See NC 202 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_temp 1823 Search for Project wc 205 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_
17. 41 This is a practice proposal o pe preme You will only see the projects assigned to you as an administrative advisor or project coordinator If you do not see the proposal you are looking for contact your regional system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna_pearce ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu View a proposal by clicking on the project number or temporary number To edit an existing draft only available on temporary numbers 1e NC tempXXX NE tempXXX S tempXXX W tempXXX click the Proposal button This will allow you to edit a proposal by sections For more information on the Project Proposal Sections see below To edit a project activity homepage click on the Homepage button On the next screen that appears you will be able to upload photos and links just as you would attach a document to an email To upload minutes onto your committee s homepage use the Reports Activities gt Draft Edit function to attach the minutes to the annual report the homepages will then pick up the minutes information O Note only certain documents are allowed as attachments depending on which homepage section you are editing minutes photos links See the Project Homepages section of this manual for more details 17 PROJECT PROPOSAL SECTIONS BE SURE TO SAVE INFORMATION AFTER IT
18. CIPATION BY STATION 1 Click on By Station on the left side of the View Participants screen View Participants Appendix E Format for Reporting Project Participation My Participation Region By Project Station P By Station Selecta Station By Project Region Part 1 P Illinois University of Illinois IL By Extension Program Indiana Purdue Universit IN lowa lowa State University IA Kansas Kansas State university KS Michigan Michigan State University MI Abbott E Minnesota University of Minnesota MN 515 234 Missouri University of Missouri MO s2bbott Nebraska University of Nebraska NE Ackermat North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors NCRA 0 00 515 294 North Dakota North Dakota State University ND Ohio Ohio State University OH South Dakota South Dakota State University SD Wisconsin University of Wisconsin WI x ERs Search not specified 0 00 not specified Ahn Dong 292 2 3 501 3260 1000 0 35 0 75 0 00 0 10 Agricultural competitiveness and profitability 515 294 6595 duahn iastate edu 503 3260 1000 711 3260 1000 711 3270 1000 712 3270 1100 s ic nnc 110n 2 Inthe Region drop down menu choose the region to which the state you are interested in belongs North Central Northeast Southern Western In the Station drop down menu select th
19. Hr OH OR PA SD TX WA WI Food and Drug Admenistratian ME 140 ROOTSTCRKCK AND DHTERSTEM EFFECTS ON POME AND AR CA D CO G IA IL EH KY MA MD ME MI MN MO NC NJ NYG 3 76 442 SZIONE FRUIT TREES GH OR PA SC TN UT VT WA WE Agriculture amd Agri Faod Canada Harrew Ontano NOR IGO CANADA 519 735 2929 fax L NE 170 Mediating Exposure to Ernranmental Hazarda Through Textile CA O CO 14 IL MID MN NE HYE OK TX 2 69 0 deu gue 2 From the Region drop down menu choose the region from which you would like to view participation Scroll down the page to view participation by project by region state or view a pie chart graphic displaying regional involvement on the projects in the specified region from the drop down at the top of the page a Part I State Participation by Project e This section displays all of the active projects from the specified region by project number title and participating cooperators b Part 2 State Participation e This section displays institutional involvement divided by region SAES and other entities extension 1890 and private institutions 22 3 c Pie Chart to Illustrate Regional Participation gt Part 2 State Participation 1890 Alabama A amp M University NC 1022 T North Carolina A amp T University NC 1004 1 Virginia State University NCR 190 NCR OLD 190 2 Region Total 4 EXT Alabama Cooperative Extension Regi
20. If you are looking for a person you may click on the email to contact that person The person query also allows you to organize the screen by last name first name email or station using the dropdown next to Order By 8 Close the browser to return to the login screen LOGGING INTO NIMSS Guest Menu To usa the guest mena click on the regions of the map or the icem H you are involved in multistate research activithan projects it is recommended that you register amd bogin to they system La sists If you already have a login name click on the Membership and Login icon National Information Management and Support System Member Login e EE 1j Don t have login ID or password Click to become one of our members If you forget your login ID or password Click TracklD Enter as a guest if you just want to search and view information by clicking On the next screen type your user name and password into the appropriate boxes then click the LOGIN button If you have forgotten your password click on the TRACK ID button The system will ask you for the email used when you first registered in the system It will then send your login and password to that email account If you have not registered in NIMSS and would like to submit information click on the REGISTER button The following screen will appear Registration for NIMSS To access NIMSS please register Alter you registe
21. List of Project Activities in NIMSS Natbona MRF Portfoko MRE Project Stet t Expired Project Terminated inativa Protec Let of Propos ala Propert estory 13 Archived Projects Takes you to the archive where all terminated projects are stored o Click on a year to see the list of projects activities that were terminated that year The projects will be in a zip file which can be unzipped using winzip for PC StuffIt Expander MACs or the command unzip UNIX Sittings Search Links Help Logout View Projects Archived Projects National MRF Perfelba Click on year t eee the Est of prajercte actiatias that were terminabed that year The prajects actnities will be in a zip file which can be unzipped using winzip for EC S Stuit Expander MAC s or tha command unzip UNIX Note To view properly extract all fes ta the same folder MEF Project Activitias List of Proposals 2000 2002 T 2001 Project History 4 2002 Praject Homepages 2003 Archived Prajects auia Search far Project 14 SUBMIT A REQUEST TO WRITE A NEW PROPOSAL If a user is interested in sponsoring a new project and submitting the request he she mouse over the Projects menu on the navigation bar to reveal the drop down menu Next click on Request SETTINGS National Information Management and Support System ROUTE Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a and Activities to subm
22. National Information Nlanagement and Support System Version 2 0 25 User Manual NIMSS Manual Table of Contents INTRODUCTION GUEST MENU Icons on the Login Screen Locate a State Agricultural Experiment Station SAES View a Project s Homepage Navigating Project Homepages Search for a Project Logging into NIMSS Login Track a Forgotten Login ID or Password Register If you Do Not Have a Login ID and Password OPTIONS AFTER LOGGING IN The NIMSS Main Menu Project Information Viewing a Project Search for Project National MRF Portfolio List of Proposals Project History Project Homepages Archived Projects Submit a Request to Write a Proposal Edit Approve Request View All Create New Draft Edit Projects View a Proposal Edit an Existing Draft also refer to Project Proposal Sections Edit a Project Activity Homepage Project Proposal Sections Basic Info Title Dates Advisors Statement of Issues and Justification Related Current and Previous Work only MRF Proposals Types of Activities only Rapid Response Projects Objectives Methods Only MRF Proposals Measurement of Progress and Results Outputs Only MRF Proposals Outcomes or Projected Impacts Milestones Only MRF Proposals Outreach Education Plan Organization Governance Literature Cited Attachments Assign Editors Set Cut off Date View Proposal Approve a Project Assign Editor Participation View Participation My Participation By
23. T National Information Management and Support System Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based application that p and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders and cooperators information s of Multistate Research Projects Approve Report System for relevant and timely To approve a report mouse over the Reports Meetings function on the top NIMSS navigation bar In the dropdown menu choose Approve Report A screen similar to the following will appear SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT Approve a SAES 422 Report NCAO016 Biological and Agricultural Engineering 26 Oct 2003 to 11 Dec 2003 Approve Reject egere Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 AAs will only see projects to which they are assigned Click on the project number to view the proposal If a report is not acceptable according to the AA he she may choose to Reject the submission which will send notification back to the original submitter along with an explanatory note If a report 1s acceptable the AA may click Approve which sends the following notification to the relevant recipients listed above Admin Advisor s admin advisor s This is to inform you that a SAES 422 annual report or termination report has been submitted for project activity project activity number
24. T This function allows users to view extension participation on projects by program Graphics such as pie charts and bar graphs help to illustrate the portion of the specified program s participation By default using the Participation View function on the top navigation bar and clicking on By Extension Program will cause a set of pie charts to appear on the screen These charts include nationwide extension participation as well as regional 1890 and extension participation scroll down the page to view all of the pie charts Click the Print Version button to obtain a clean copy for printing View Participants My Participation By Project By Station Program Select a Program By Project Region By Extension Program Search Appendix E Extension Participation by Program Nationawide Agricultural competitiveness and profitability 155 496 43 Bl Community resource and economic development 9 5 3 ll Family development and resource management 104 93 29 D 4 H and youth development 4 65 196 E Leadership and volunteer development 0 75 0 Natural resource and environmental management 81 165 22 E Nutrition diet and health 4 62 1 To view specific extension participation information use the dropdown menu to choose the extension program View Participants My Participation aoe Appendix E Extension Participation by Program By Project By Station program Selena Progen OOOO s B
25. TEMP 1961 NC 505 02 11 2004 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1882 NCDC 198 10 01 2003 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1862 NCR 52 10 01 2000 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 2001 NCR 131 06 01 1905 09 30 2007 NC_TEMP 1981 NCR 197 10 01 1998 09 30 2005 NC_TEMP 1848 NCR 201 10 01 2001 09 30 2006 NC_temp 1801 number if applicable Click the project numbers to view the projects view Projects Natonal MAF Porthalo MRF Project Activities List of Proposala Project History Project Homepages Archived Projects Project History Menh Central NC 128 10 00 09 05 NC 131 0 00 09 05 ML TEMPE 189435 na 05 05 10 NC TEMP 1851 10 05 08 10 Search for Project HT 136 MC TEMP 1201 i10 00 02 05 10 05 05 10 NC 7202 MC temp 1873 10 00 09 05 am 05 059 10 NC 205 f NC TEMP 1961 10 00 09 05 02 05 08 10 NC 229 NC 22 10 042 09 051 10 08 02 04 NC 505 MC TEMP 1385 02 04 09 05 10 02 059 10 NC 1014 AT 194 f 10 04 09 08 10 03 09 04 NC 1015 NC 503 i04 04 029 05 07 01 05 05 NC 1016 AT 195 10 04 09 0 10 03 09 04 hi iF ADT aAA e Project Homepages Brings up a list of all active projects recorded in NIMSS o Click on the project number to view the homepage o For more information see the previous section on project homepages o Usethe links at the top of the screen to view current active expired still awaiting NIMSS info submission or terminated not awaiting any more material submission projects View Projects Project Homepages
26. articipant if your station Station Indiana Purdue University is already approved for Tre this project Objectives C 1 Determine the effects of mycotoxins produced in cereal grains on animal and ulti There is to be only one official station representative on each project mo Develop new techniques and improve current assays for identification and quantif O 3 Establish integrated strategies to manage and to prevent mycotoxin contamination CI 4 Define the metabolic pathways and regulatory pathways of mycotoxin biosynthesis Es Research Commitments sy PY TY 0 1 0 lo Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research Research RPA SOI FOS b Je p ADD More Row Extension FTE Program o I O Agricultural competitiveness and profitability oO Community resource and economic development O Family development and resource management L 4 H and youth development Fi Leadership and volunteer development C Natural resource and environmental management Fi Nutrition diet and health 3 Notice that you will NOT be able to change the project number or title You WILL be able to change the name by using the dropdown menu under Name If the person whom you d like to assign to the project is not on the dropdown list as a registered user of NIMSS s he will have to be registered using the button Register this Person button see the topic in this manual
27. button Submit After clicking the submit button the meeting authorization is sent as an email to all the US AES Directors CSREES the Administrative Advisor the Regional System Administrator the CSREES Representative and the Participants of the project activity as follows 41 This authorizes the annual meeting of the type of project activity project activity number project activity title The meeting will be held date of meeting in place of meeting Contact contact names and info Admin Advisor s admin advisor s Additional Info additional info if there is any If you have question regarding the directions above contact your regional system administrator 42 DRAFT EDIT REPORT ANNUAL SAES 422 OR TERMINATION In order to draft edit an SAES 422 report you should create a meeting first so that the report can be linked to that meeting If the meeting has passed you can always create a meeting and opt to not send out email notices SAES 422 Annual Report forms are used to report impacts and accomplishments of a committee from the past year of the project Thus if a committee meets in March 2003 their annual report would cover 2002 2003 the month and day of the report vary depending on what the committee chooses to use ie Oct 1 Sept 30 Jan 1 Dec 31 Mar 1 Feb 28 etc Termination Reports are very similar to Annual Report except that the accomplishments impacts and publications cover the entire span o
28. cipation on a project the Station Director or AA must authorize his her participation It is recommended that SAES participants always submit their participation through their Station Directors To draft edit participation Appendix E mouse over the Participants menu and choose Draft Edit SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT s afm me NIMSS Projects Participants Reports Meetings Reviews Directory Invite National Information Management and Support System Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based E Ama iahat will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders Remove Ptors can also query the System for relevant and timely information Car Artian dl The following screen will appear Settings search Links Help Logout Drait Edit Participant 3 rafts Fdlt Particlpant Drait ew 4 User must be registered in NIMSS te be added to the participant list Edit Exrstirvg A P Loos uma mus Append E Informatien Required for Each Region Change viitiun stan You can draft submit a participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the Participant if your station is already approved for Hus project There is to be only one official station representative on each projet Use the options on the left side of the screen to pick how you d like to draft edit partic
29. d and click the edit button below his her name By clicking on the button the edit participation screen will appear 33 Draft Edit Participant Edit Appendix E Participant Draft New Proj No NC 7 Edit Existing Change Within Station Project Title Conservation Management Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources You can draft submit a participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the Participant if your station is already approved for this project There is to be only one official station representative on each project Name last first Station Objectives Brummer E Charles Is this Person the official station representative to this project Iowa Iowa State University 1 Cooperate and participate as a key element in the NPGS a coordinated national a O 2 conserve seed and or vegetative stock of more than 1700 plant species O 3 within the NCR throughout the U S and internationally encourage the use of a O 4 Contribute to understanding of plant environment interactions including assessm O 5 Educate students scientists and the general public regarding plant germplasm re C 6 Conduct research and develop an institutional infrastructure needed to attain t Research Commitments Scientific Year Professional Technical Year TA Year pcs 0 Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research
30. dd impact button to add another text box area If you have blank impact statement boxes and try to use the add impact button it will ignore the empty boxes and only show one blank impact field Finally Click Save to ensure that the material is saved in the system Publications For SAES 422 reports list the publications for current year only with the authors title journal series etc If the list exceeds the maximum character limit below an attachment file may be used For termination reports the list should include the most significant publications over the entire span of the project i Limited to 50 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so to separate paragraphs use double line breaks or the lt p gt HTML tag Finally Click Save to ensure that the material 1s saved in the system Submit to AA Use this option to send an email to the Administrative Advisor AA telling them that the SAES 422 has been drafted and is now ready to be submitted as final Simply click on the Send Letter button and an email notification will be sent 45 APPROVE REPORT This function allows Administrative Advisors to submit an SAES 422 Annual Report or a Termination Report as final It also sends an email notification to CRIS CSREES all US AES Station Directors the Regional System Administrator the Project Activity Participants CSREES Representative and the Administrative Advisor _ SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOU
31. e Progra Eau NIMSS Search Participant To narrow your search choose a combination of parameters To widen your search leave a field blank or choose the option Any Project Number Region M Type Any v Project No Any v Project Title NENNEN Name first last Email B E From Association Any v Station Any M With RPA SOI FOS Combo ma so fos In Program Any v Search Participant Type information into any all of the fields to search for a participant To narrow your search choose a combination of parameters To widen your search leave a field blank or choose the option Any 2d INVITE PARTICIPATION After a committee sets up a new project in NIMSS Administrative Advisors will send out a call for participation To send out the call SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT National Information Management and Support System Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based pi and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders information dit hat will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects ators can also query the System for relevant and timely 1 Mouse over the Participants menu in the top navigation bar Highlight Invite and click on it The following screen will appear SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT NIMSS Appendix E I
32. e a ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu 34 CHANGE PARTICIPATION WITHIN STATION Use this function to change the official project representative when your station already has existing participation on a project Itis available only to Station Directors and Administrative Advisors You can draft submit participant information as long as the project has not terminated You can change the participant 1f your station 1s already approved for this project There is to be only one official station representative on each project Click on Change Within Station on the Participant gt Draft Edit screen The following will appear Settings Search Links Help Logout Draft Edit Participant Appendix E Change participant within station Draft New Indiana Purdue University Director Woodson Randy Edit Existing Change Within Station NC 7 Conservation Management Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources A You can draft submit a Admin Advisor Wintersteen Wendy participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the Participant if your station Janick Jules Indiana Purdue University 202 2410 1080 1 not specified aer approved 202 2410 1080 There is to be only one NC 107 Evolving Pathogens Targeted Sequences and Strategies for Control of Bovine Respiratory Disease A official station representative on each Admin Advisor Ase
33. e exact project Number typing it into the project number field will take you directly to the proposal To bring up a clean copy for printing click print version to view the history of a project click project history SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT E Project Outline NC170 Mediating Exposure to Environmental Hazards Through Textile Systems Issue s and Justification Multistate Research Project Related Current and Previous Work Objectives Methods Duration October 2002 to September 30 2007 Administrative Advisor s Mary Winter CSREES Reps G vaughn Measurement of Progress and Results Outreach Plan Organization Governance Literature Cited Attachments History Info You can also perform other searches from the View Projects menu using the links on the left side of the screen Statement of Issue s and Justification Introduction A variety of human health problems have been attributed to occupational exposure to hazardous environments including toxic chemicals especially pesticides as well as heat fire and the damaging ultra violet rays from the sun Data for pesticides alone exemplify the extent and nature of the effects that can result from such exposure The Environmental Protection Agency EPA estimates that 300 000 farm laborers suffer from pesticide poisonings annually 1 These poisoninas can produce both acute and chronic health disorders 2 10 In occupations involving t
34. e material is saved in the system c Accomplishments In this section focus on intended outcomes This information should be built around the activity s milestones as they were identified in the original proposal The report should also reflect on the items that stakeholders want to know or want to see Also describe plans for the coming year in no more than one or two short paragraphs For annual reports these accomplishments cover only the current year of the project for termination reports list accomplishments from the entire span of the project i Max characters 12 000 Single line breaks are not preserved use double line breaks instead or use a lt p gt tag to separate paragraphs Finally Click Save to ensure that the material 1s saved in the system d Impact Statements The definition of impact is The quantifiable difference a land grant program makes in the quality of life for its clients and general citizenry Supplementing that brief statement is also the definition of an impact statement A brief document that describes the social environmental and or economic difference that your research teaching or extension efforts have made on the public Specifically it states your accomplishments and the payoff to society For annual reports these impacts cover only the current year of the project for termination reports list impacts from the entire span of the project 44 i Fill in an impact statement Click on the a
35. e station you would like to view This should automatically generate the participant information for that station Click the Print Version button to obtain a clean copy for printing uen VIEW PARTICIPATION BY PROJECT REGION 1 Click on By Project Region on the left side of the View Participants screen Sellings Search Links Help Logout View Participants Appendix Ez State Participation in Project My Participation Region Moith Central By Propect By Station Part 1 State Participation by project By Project Region By Extension Program Search INC F Concereation Management Enhancement and Utilization of A D CTS 14 TL TH KS ME MIN MO ND NE OH xD WT a5 o Plant Genet Resources HC 100 Regunal Research Coardmalbi n Morth Central Regan L IL MM ND CH 0 6 eS NC 107 Evabnng Pathogen Targeted Sequences and Strategies For AL CA D GA L KE L MI MN MO ME OK S0 TX Wi NXDC 3 03 E Con amp rol of Bowne Respiratory Diseake N 129 Mycatexims in Cereal Grains GA DA IL IM KS MI MN MO ND NE PA WL USDA ARS NCAUR 5 85 INC 131 Molecular Mechanrems Regulahng Skeletal Muscle Growth and AZ C D HE LA ED IL EN KS MT MM NC NE OH OR SD UT WA 5 43 Dilferentatnien WL INE 12b Improvement of Thermal and Albernative Pracesses far hoods C4 0 DE FL GA GU 14 1D IL IN MD MI MD NC ND NE NJ NYC 10 57
36. e than five milestone years use the textbox area and the format year milestone Forexample 2006 Field tests of subterranean clover hardiness repeated 2007 All data analysis completed 2008 Manuscripts prepared for publication Outputs Outcomes and or Impacts are combined on Rapid Response Proposals Appendix F They are limited to 4000 characters and have the same rules as Objectives and Outputs in that you should use a double semi colon to separate different outcomes or projected impacts e Outreach Education Plan Limited to 2000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use either a double line break pressing enter twice or html tags such as lt p gt to separate paragraphs e Organization Governance Limited to 4000 characters You will need to indicate if the governance is standard or non standard If it is non standard provide the information in the textbox area If it is standard just click on the standard link and the system will type in the description for a standard organization as follows 18 The recommended Standard Governance for multistate research activities includes the election of a Chair a Chair elect and a Secretary All officers are to be elected for at least two year terms to provide continuity Administrative guidance will be provided by an assigned Administrative Advisor and a CSREES Representative Literature cited Limited to 50 000 characters This is a required section t
37. ed Appendix E form to the AA who then submits the Appendix E in NIMSS 1 Go to the National Information Management Support System at http www lgu umd edu login cfm 2 Insert your login and password If you don t have a login you ll need to register also at the above URL 3 In the Top Menu Select Participants gt Select Draft Edit 4 Select the project number NC tempXXXX S tempXXXX W tempXXXX NE tempXXXX 5 Under Proposed Project Activity select the radial button to indicate you want to Add a participant go to Next Page 6 Fill out the form 7 Finish by selecting Add Authorization Code and then enter your code As a station entity administrator this will serve as your signature for committing the time and resources from your station entity for you scientist s specialist s Thank you Please contact the Administrator Advisor name is inserted here if you have questions about the proposed project Contact your System Administrator in your Executive Director s office if you have questions about the use of NIMSS When you are ready to send the letter click Send and the letter will be sent to all the names that had a check mark next to them at the top of the letter You will also receive a copy of the letter in your email inbox 29 DRAFT EDIT PARTICIPATION These functions allow users to enter edit approve and or remove participation on a project Although any participant may enter his her own parti
38. ed into NIMSS Clicking on a participant s name allows you to send an email to him or her Refer to the section in this manual on Appendix E for more information on participation Publications This section lists all of the publications for a project activity taken directly from the SAES 422 reports The information is sorted by year Minutes This section provides links to meeting minutes Minutes should be uploaded linked to the annual report form after logging into the system Click on Reports Meetings Draft Edit see information on the drafting editing projects Photo Album This section allows a committee to provide photos of project activities Photos can be uploaded after logging into the system and clicking on Projects Draft Edit see information on the drafting editing projects Also you can send the files to NERA js579 umail umd edu or rm167 umail umd edu Links This function only links a user to an external project webpages hosted by other servers Links can be uploaded after logging into the system and clicking on Projects gt Draft Edit see information on the drafting editing projects Note that it will ONLY accept htm or html files NOT pdf etc SEARCH FOR A PROJECT OR PERSON If you are not sure of a project number title or the content of a proposal or if you are looking for a project participant you may use the Search function to find this information 1 Click the
39. eeting Authorization gt gt 01 07 2005 to NCR180 Site Specific Management 01 08 2005 Dlarca New Orlaane Marrintt S85 Canal Ctreet New Mrlaane 1 2 The upcoming meetings come up for your designated region organized by date 3 To view upcoming meetings for another regional association click on dropdown arrow next to For Region and choose the one you would like to view 4 To view other meetings you can t see on the current webpage adjust the Results per Page dropdown or the Go To Page dropdown These will either show more meetings per page or take you to the next webpage respectively 5 To view the project proposal click on the Project ID number 6 Toemail one of the contact people click on his her name 7 To see more information about the meeting click on More Info gt gt PAST MEETINGS 1 Click on the link on the left side of the screen View Reports Meetings list of Past Annual Meetings Upcoming Meetings For Region North Central v Sort by Meeting Date Found 125 Results per Page all v Go to page 1 v Past Meetings Search for Meetings Search for Report 01 13 2005 to NCACO14 Plant Pathology 01 15 2004 Place Raleigh North Carolina Contacts Anne Vidaver Meeting Authorization 11 19 2004 Place Holiday Inn Airport Des Moines IA Contacts Dave Mengel Bob Hoeft EE E 11 16 2004 to NCR207 Drainage design and mana
40. enu e Page If all of the information does not fit on one webpage use this dropdown menu to view the next webpage in successive order 1e choose page 2 to move on from page 1 Station Directors This function brings up a list of station directors their email and their home office Click on his her email to contact a director Extension Directors This function brings up a list of extension directors their email and their home office Click on his her email to contact a director 1890 Directors This function brings up a list of 1890 directors their email and their home office Click on his her email to contact a director Administrative Advisors This function brings up a list of administrative advisors their email their home office and the projects that they advise Click on his her email to contact an advisor Click on the project number to view the project proposal CSREES Representative This function brings up a list of administrative advisors their email and the projects that they represent Click on his her email to contact a representative Click on the project number to view the project proposal Regional Offices This page displays the regional office information including the executive director the regional chair and the multistate review advisory committee MRC MAC RCIC To contact anyone on the list simply click on his her email address 49 Find a Person This function allows you to look for any pers
41. ewsk ronnie tetera ee a batiar BP Erwt Suet TOM mer MRF Project Activities Brings up a list of every active project recorded in NIMSS and summarizes their submitted information meeting authorizations and latest annual reports Isolate your regional projects by clicking on the regional abbreviations at the top of the page o Click the project number to view a proposal o Contact the administrative advisor CSREES representative by clicking on the respective name View Projects Summary of MRF Project Activities Natbonal MRF Portfolio MRP Project Activities List of Proposals Project History Conaerv abion Management Enhancement and Ubhzaten of Plank Genebe Resources D amp 22 04 01 03 12 03 Admin Advisors Wendy Wintersteen Catherine V oteki Start Oct 2002 10 2002 Project was renewed and retains Project Homepages archived Projects Search for Project CSREES Reps AnnMarie Thra Same number NOCT k 2007 Start Jul 1962 05 15 02 06 05 06 05 End 0278 Regqeornal Research Coordinabon North Central Region Admin Advisors 3 lan Gray CSREES Reps Gary Cunningham Evohing Pathogens Targeted Sequences and Strabegees for Control of Bowe Respiratory Disease Admin Advisors Eli Asem D Marris Start Oct 2001 10 03 05 D4 End 2005 j My coteoxms in Cer eal Grains Admin Advisors Beverly Curgan CSREES Reps Kitty Cardwell Start Oct 2000 04 27 03 01 03 12
42. f the project For more information on SAES 422 forms see Preparing an Effective SAES 422 Report developed by David R MacKenzie Thomas J Helms Daryl Lund and H Michael Harrington This document is available online at http www cals ncsu edu 8050 escop archive SAES422preparation htm as well as from your regional executive director s office Also see the Multistate Guidelines for more information on Annual and Termination Reports To begin drafting or editing an annual or termination report mouse over the Reports Meetings function on the top NIMSS navigation bar Next click Draft Edit Report _ SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT National Information Management and Support System Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based application that and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders and cooperators information eeiseiac laeaees Of Multistate Research Projects System for relevant and timely The following screen will appear next You will only be allowed to draft edit reports for projects if you are the AA of that project or the AA has given you editing authorization SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT inorder to drafeditan Draft Edit a SAES 422 Report should create mosting Project ID Title Meeting Dates 0 should create meeting info first so that the NCAD16 Biological and Agricultural Engineering repart can
43. gement practices to improve water quality 11 17 2004 Place New Orleans LA Contacts Dr Dan Jaynes Dr Ramesh Kanwar 11 18 2004 to NCR103 Specialized Soil Amendments and Products Growth Stimulants and Soil Fertility Management Programs NCR 103 Meeting Authorization Meeting Authorization 11 13 2004 to NC1007 Enteric Diseases of Swine and Cattle Prevention Control and Food Safety 11 14 2004 Place the Conaress Hotel in Chiraaa as nart of the CRWAD meetina 2 The past meetings come up for your designated region organized by date 3 To view past meetings for another regional association click on dropdown arrow next to For Region and choose the regional association you would like to see 4 To view other meetings you can t see on the current webpage adjust the Results per Page dropdown or the Go To Page dropdown These will either show more meetings per page or take you to the next webpage respectively 5 To view the project proposal click on the Project ID number 6 Toemail one of the contact people click on his her name 7 To see more information about the meeting click on More Info gt gt SEARCH FOR MEETINGS 1 Click on the link on the left side of the screen 39 PA Nn View Reports Meetings Search for Meeting Upcoming Meetings Project Number Past Meetings Project Title Search for Meetings f Search for Report iaki Any Region Year of Meeting Date yyy
44. haracters If you have more than five objectives use the textbox area and separate the objectives with a double semi colon Formatting this way will allow additional objectives to be numbered accordingly For example objectives 6 and 7 should be entered as follows Determine the impact of different crop rotations on weed abundance Evaluate productivity and weed suppression by commercially available cultivars The system will automatically take care of the numbering so you don t need to number each objective e Methods only used on the Multistate Research Proposal Format Appendix A Limited to 20 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use either a double line break pressing enter twice or html tags such as lt p gt to separate paragraphs e Measurement of Progress and Results o F Outputs only used on the Multistate Research Proposal Format Appendix A Limited to 4000 characters If you have more than five output statements use the textbox area and separate the outputs with a double semi colon Formatting this way will allow the additional outputs to be bulleted correctly o Outcomes or Projected Impacts Limited to 4000 characters and has the same rules as Objectives and Outputs in that you should use a double semi colon to separate different outcomes or projected impacts o Milestones only used on the Multistate Research Proposal Format Appendix A Limited to 5000 characters If you have mor
45. hat should be completed before submission Attachments There 1s an allowance for up to five attachments to be uploaded as part of the proposal however discretion should be used in deciding what attachments to include Only those that are needed to support the proposal should be included You can click on the browse button to add an attachment that is located on your hard drive The system will then keep a permanent copy of the uploaded attachments Attachment file names are limited to 45 characters and must not contain spaces hyphens or capital letters Assign Editors This function allows administrative advisors to assign editors to a proposal Click on the pick button to choose from the list of NIMSS users who is allowed to edit a proposal To delete a person as an editor click clear Set Cut off Date This function allows administrative advisors to set the participant entry cut off date for a new proposal A reviewer or committee uses this function after a project is submitted as final and the proposal is ready to undergo review Each review person or committee should see the exact same participant list To set the date type in the date in the format mm dd yyyy and click the set button To delete the date simply clear the box View Proposal When you are done entering any revisions you can choose to View the Proposal to see how the information you submitted appears as a website Clicking on this function will open ano
46. her industries such as lawn care and horticulture and by homeowners According to the EPA 75 of U S households use pesticides annual use in 1997 was about 76 million pounds 16 Moreover approximately 8 000 commercial establishments handle pesticides during their daily operations The current NC 170 project 1997 2002 generated scientific knowledge regarding the viability of textile systems for hand and body protection against pesticide chemicals the effects of use storage and environmental conditions on product integrity and the development of a standard method for assessing barrier efficacy of protective materials The standard method has been approved by the F 23 Committee on Protective Clothing of the American Society for indicated with the orange arrow below SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT View Projects Search for Project National MRF Portfolio Enter Project Number List of Proposals Project History Project Homepages Project Title Archived Projects From Region AnyRegion Search for Project Status Any Status Type of Project Any Type i LI National MRF Portfolio Brings up a list of every active project recorded in NIMSS This has taken the place of the previous CSREES form OD 1002 o Click the project number to view a proposal o Contact the administrative advisor CSREES representative by clicking on the respective name o Atthe end of the project line click his
47. hermal hazards such as fire fighting and metal smelting providing protection from external heat sources while allowing for adequate release of body heat remains an ongoing challenge 11 12 In addition sun exposure accounts for over one million new cases of skin cancer each year in the United States making it the most prevalent form of cancer 13 Despite efforts to find other methods to protect humans from environmental hazards clothing still remains a key component of most health and safety plans Thus in light of new science and technologies there is cause to re examine recommendations regarding appropriate clothing to reduce human exposure to the detrimental effects of sunlight heat fire and chemicals Another area of concern is consumer education regarding human health and safety The proposed project will address the issues that impact human health and safety and lifelong learning as stated in the research priorities of the North Central Regional Association NCRA The focus will be on personal protective equipment PPE that mitigates the effects of environmental hazards Importance and Extent of the Problem Thousands of workers engaged in the application and use of pesticides are vulnerable to chemical exposure The EPA estimates that in the farm sector alone some 560 000 sites such as farms forests and areenhouses have workers who come in contact with these chemicals during their workday 14 15 Pesticides are also widely used in ot
48. his will send an email to participant CRIS and CSREES as well as a confirmation email to the submitter You may also choose NOT to send email notification this should be used ONLY in the case that a minor edit has been made by selecting the NO radial button next to Send email to participant If there are any questions regarding participation input contact your system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna pearce g ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu 32 EDIT EXISTING PARTICIPATION INFORMATION This function is used to edit existing participant information that has previously been entered for a project It is available only to Station Directors and Administrative Advisors You can draft submit a participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the participant information if your station 1s already approved for a project There is to be only one official station representative on each project Click on Edit Existing on the Participant gt Draft Edit screen The following will appear Draft Edit Participant Draft New Edit Existing Change Within Station You can draft subi participant as lon Participant if your is already approv this project There is to be only one official station representative on each project Participant List f
49. hoose New or Revision Replacement Project Use the dropdown arrow to specify 1f the requested project is a new proposal or a replacement for an old project If you choose Revision Replacement Project a new box will appear asking you to choose the regional association to which the project belongs as well as the project number Title This is limited to 140 characters Use only alphanumeric characters Do not use quotes or other special characters Start Date and End Year The correct format should be used for the date the first date should be a month year pair in the format mm yyyy and the second date is just a four digit year Sponsoring Station This will default to either your station director or for revised replacement projects the current AA Statement of the Issue s and Justification Limited to 20 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use either a double line break pressing enter twice or html tags such as lt p gt to separate paragraphs This section will become part of the new proposal Choose to save the information as a draft or submit it to your station director 16 DRAFT EDIT PROJECTS Only Administrative Advisors and those with editing authorization will be able to use this screen If you would like to draft or edit a proposal you will need to know your committee s temporary number This is the number assigned by the system to the new proposal The new proposal will be known as this number until
50. ing and their employing institution As an alternative provide an attachment of the meeting minutes if that report contains the list of those who were present And if available add the address for the list server as well i Limited to 4 000 characters Follow the suggested format of Last name First name e mail Institution The semi colon at the end tells the system where one participant s information ends and where another begins If the participants list is very long and is more than 4000 characters click on the browse button to find the file or type the web address into the URL box It will take files with extensions htm html doc pdf gif or jpg The system will then save a permanent copy If the group has a listserve provide that info as well The box for the listserve address 1s limited to 100 characters Finally Click Save to ensure that the material is saved in the system b Summary of the Minutes Provide information with a focus on the decisions made As an alternative provide an attachment of your meeting minutes i Limited to 12 000 characters It is strongly preferred that a summary of the Minutes be included If you want to submit the detailed Minutes that may include reports from each of the participating stations enter the URL or browse to find the file name The system will save a permanent copy of the file You can also save the minutes on the project s homepage Finally Click Save to ensure that th
51. ions However you must first fill in the Basic Information a Termination Report NIMSS will automatically choose no by default Click the yes radial button if it is a termination report Date of Report Use the correct format mm dd vyyy c Period Report Covers Use the format dd yyyy when entering the date For Termination Reports this should be the entire span of the project d Meeting Dates The meeting dates will automatically be recognized and used from the meeting authorization e Finally Click Save to ensure that a report is saved in the system 3 See below for information on entering the rest of the sections Basic Info Participants Summary of Minutes Accomplishments Impact Statements Publication Submit to AA TO EDIT AN EXISTING ANNUAL TERMINATION REPORT l Onthe Draft Edit Report screen click edit report 2 To view how your report looks so far click View Current Report and another browser will open Keep this window open and use the refresh reload function on the top of your browser to view the updated screen after you have submitted saved sections of the report form Simply close the window when you are done 3 If you need to see the project proposal click on View project number Proposal and a new browser will appear 4 To edit the rest of the form simply click on any of the functions on the left navigation bar a Participants Provide a list of those who attended each meet
52. ipation NOTICE You can draft submit a participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the Participant if your station is already approved for this project There is to be only one official station representative on each project Also a user must be registered in NIMSS to be added to the participant list for a project Appendix E Information Required for Each Region Each regional association has its own specifications as to what participants on each type of that region s projects must include in their Appendix Es Use this link to check the regional association specifications for the project for which you wish to draft edit participation 30 DRAFT NEW PARTICIPATION INFORMATION This function is used to enter new participants onto projects Click Draft New on the Participant gt Draft Edit screen The following will appear ettings earc ink PEET Projects Participants Reports Meetings Reviews Directory Draft Edit Participant Draft Appendix E Participant Draft New Edit Existing Change Within Station Project Title Proj No North Central Projects Selecta Project You can draft submit a Station AES wil Nc participant as long as ll the project has not z terminated Name last first Nelson Nicole v If the person is not listed in the dropdown you need to Register this person Participant if your station ES l is already approved for C Is this Perso
53. it proposals and reports online Interested parties information By default the system will bring up the Edit Approve Request screen SETTINGS Request Edit Approve Request View All Sorry no there are no requests that you can edit or approve at this time Create New Edit Approve SEARCH SEARCH LINKS lication that will allow participants of Multistate Research Proje d cooperators can also query the System for relevant and time LINKS HELP HELP If a station director has any project requests to approve it will appear on this screen and ask that he she approves or rejects it To view all requests for new proposals click on View All This will bring up a list of project requests submitted by station directors Click the title to view the justification Request View All Requests to Write a Proposal Vis All Create Mew Regional Potato E Acquisition classification preservation evaluation and distribution of potato Solanum 10 2005 2010 EdrApproye Uemmolasm Renew of NRSP 6j Agricultural Safety and Health Research and Extension Renew ef NOR 197 Applied Animal Behavior Eoeriirw of WOR 131 Applied Commodty Proce analysis Forecasting and Market Rak Management Renew of EDZ 196 Agse uaben el Ferblib with Temporal Changes m Ovraman Punches m Demeste Furrmsnanta Assunng Fruit and Vagatabla Product Quality and amp afery Through the Handing and Marketing Chain Biological Improvement
54. ithin the system Valid attachment types are pdf doc html gif or jpg files Click on the attachment link to view a document Appendix E Under Project Participation or Internal External Linkages there 1s a link to Appendix E Click on this link to see the complete list of participants as it appears in NIMSS If the list is incomplete see the instructions regarding data entry in Appendix E You may also contact your station directors office 1f you are a SAES participant or Administrative Advisor if you are a non SAES participant History This section gives the history of a project activity For instance if a project were renewed it would be noted under this link The system administrator is responsible for entering this information SAES 422 This section provides a list of all of the annual and termination reports submitted for a project By clicking on the date a report was submitted you will be taken to the corresponding report for that year Refer to the section in this manual regarding SAES 422 Annual and Termination Report forms for more information on submitting these forms Meeting Info This section takes you to a list of the annual meetings for a project as they are authorized in NIMSS Refer to the section in this manual on annual meetings for more information Participants Directory This section contains a complete list of participants and their contact information for that project activity as they have been enter
55. l allow participants of Multistate Research Projects ators can also query the System for relevant and timely hat will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects s a web based ators can also query the System for relevant and timely s stakeholders s a web based s stakeholders ese Approve 2 Onthe next screen a station director or advisor will only see names of projects to which they or their stations are assigned If there are any participants to remove approve he or she can simply click on the Remove or Approve button Note If your station director is an advisor to multistate project s participants from non AES institutions will also appear on this screen You also have access to draft edit delete these non AES participants SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT Appendix E Approve Reject Project Participation NCR 207 Drainage design and management practices to improve water quality A Brandon C Grigg USDA ARS 1 2 405 210 2050 0 10 0 00 0 00 0 00 e not specified Status A Remove Dan Jaynes um Tilth Laboratory Iowa 12 2 102 199 2061 0 10 0 00 0 00 0 00 e not specified Status A Remove Thomas L Spofford USDA NRCS Lis 111 210 2020 0 10 0 00 0 00 0 00 e not specified Status A Remove 405 210 2050 3 Ifthere are no participants to be removed approved the screen will be blank SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT Appendix E Appr
56. later than psi dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir Date automatically comes up two weeks from the date you send the invitation You may change the date if you wish To View the Proposal 28 1 Go to the National Information Management Support System at http www lgu umd edu login cfm 2 Insert your login and password If you don t have a login ID you ll need to register also at the URL above 3 In the Top Menu Select Project gt Select View Projects 4 Enter the project number type in the project number NC tempXXXX S tempXXXX W tempXXXX NE tempXXXX pir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir dir di dir dir dir di To Create and Appendix E for a Proposed Project For participants in the SAES amp ARD The experiment station director or supervisor will complete Appendix E for participation For participants not in the SAES or ARD for example private industry or ARS Obtain a copy of an Appendix E form from the Administrator Advisors AA of the committee Wendy Wintersteen The potential participant should then return the complet
57. lick on the Project Homepage button Use the arrow at the bottom next to Page of _ of this menu to view more projects 5 Close the browser to return to the login screen Support uS GER he ae Tu fori i SET io f k 4 in i E F P dU x J M e dec eR E ee a Project Homepge Cherry im SCDC 158 fii Project Homepge Applied Commeditv Price Analysis Forecasting and Market Risk Management 8s CRl134 ESET CES RR HERE Nanotechnology and Hiosensors NCDC202 2 fd Project Homepge Sovbean Rust NCDC 203 ED Project Homepge Obesity Initiative NAVIGATING PROJECT HOMEPAGES A homepage for each of the projects activities in NIMSS has been created Each project activity link contains Homepage Outline History SAES 422 Meeting Info Participants Publications Minutes Photo Album and Links Homepage This is the Statement and Justification of Issues from the project activity outline It provides an overview of a project s purpose and activities Outline This 1s the entire proposal as it has been submitted to CSREES At the top of the page you will see the duration of the project as well as the Advisor and the CSREES Representatives By clicking on their names an email may be sent to them Scroll down the page to view the rest of the proposal Attachments Under the Attachments link committees can attach documents associated with their project and NIMSS will keep a copy w
58. m Eli project Briggs Robert E NADC 3 3399 1100 0 10 0 00 0 00 not specified NC 129 Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains A Admin Advisor Durgan Beverly Woloshuk Charles Indiana Purdue University 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 00 0 00 not specified NC 131 Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Growth and Differentiation A Admin Advisor Aberle Elton Gerrard D E Indiana Purdue University 1 Grant Alan Indiana Purdue University 1 0 00 not specified 0 00 not specified Note you will only see participants from your station To change participants information within a station l After arriving at the screen locate the project number on the list 2 Once you locate the project of interest locate the name of the person in whom you are interested and click the change button below his her name By clicking on the button the edit participation screen will appear 35 NIMSS Draft Edit Participant Edit Appendix E Participant Draft New proj No NC 129 Edit Existing Change Within Station Project Title Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains You can draft submit a participant as long as the project has not terminated You can change the Name last first Woloshuk Charles v If the person is not listed in the dropdown you need to Registerthis person C Is this Person the official station representative to this project P
59. n click the project number 5 Ifyou are ready to submit the project as final click the approve button 6 An email notification will be sent to the Regional System Administrator after a proposal is submitted as final The notification is as follows This email is to notify you that a project activity has been submitted as Final and is now ready for review Project Number Project Title Submit Date URL http www lgu umd edushowInfo cfm trackID you need to log on first at www lgu umd edu If you have question regarding the directions above contact your Regional System Administrator 20 PARTICIPATION VIEW PARTICIPATION To view any type of participation information in NIMSS mouse over the Participants function in the green navigation bar at the top Within the drop down box click on View SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT National Information Management and Support System hat will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects 3tors can also query the System for relevant and timely Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders information Enr Actinn Il The My Participation screen will appear by default This screen will list any projects of which you are a member SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT View Participants My Participatian By Project By
60. n the official station representative to this project this project vj North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors Objectives There is to be only one official station Research Commitments Scientific Year Professional Technical Year representative on each Year project d Ie Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research Research Research Subject of Field of Program Area Investigation Science ADD More Row Extension FTE Program NE Fj Agricultural competitiveness and profitability Fj Community resource and economic development L Family development and resource management C 4 H and youth development F Leadership and volunteer development CO Natural resource and environmental management C Nutrition diet and health Send Email to Participant Yes 9 No O To enter new participant information l Proj No select the regional association to which the project belongs then select the project number The title of the project should automatically appear 2 Station a Select the category to which the station or institution belongs 1 AES Ag Experiment Station ii ARS Agricultural Research Service ii CSREES Cooperative State Extension and Education Service iv EXT Extension v Other Any other institution that 1s not covered by the above categories b Select the regional to which your station institution belong
61. nvite Project Participation NC temp 1741 This is a practice proposal From 09 2004 to 09 2009 Invite Cut Off Date invite Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 Note that you must be registered as an Administrative Advisor to use this screen AAs will only see projects for which he she is advisors 2 To view the participant invitation letter click Invite 3 The next screen displays a template of the letter which will be sent to everyone listed in the To section Uncheck any of the boxes if you do not want to send it to one of the people listserves To 1890 Research Directors 1862 Extension Directors 1890 Extension Administrators Charles Onstad ARS Phyllis Johnson ARS Antoinette Betschart ARS Edgar King ARS Manna Hewings ARS Will Blackburn ARS Wilda Martinez ARS Karl Narang ARS V jill Stetka ARS ERS 1862 Experiment Station Directors 4 The participant invitation letter reads as such Subject Request participation in proposed project activity Your institution agency entity is invited to participate in a new or revised project activity project number inserted here The following are directions for viewing the project proposal entitled project title inserted here and for creating an Appendix E to authorize participation by your scientist s specialist s in this proposed activity mmyidd yyyy Please submit the Appendix E no
62. oject will fill in automatically Meeting Date s Use mm dd yyyy format If the meeting 1s only one day long fill in the same date for both boxes NOTE THIS IS NOT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT Venue Limited to 200 characters Contacts These are the people responsible for setting up the meeting arrangements a Contact Person 1 If no contact is provided it will default to the Administrative Advisor as the contact person Text boxes are limited to 100 characters each b Contact Person2 Use this if there is a second contact person Text boxes are limited to 100 characters each Additional Info Limited to 2 000 characters Single line breaks are not preserved so use a double line break or the HTML tag lt p gt to separate paragraphs See Attachment 1 for help on using HTML tags to format text Use this box for additional instructions about meeting registration hotel reservations agenda and other information you want the participants to know prior to the meeting Attachments You may also include up to two attachments to the meeting announcement Valid attachment types are pdf doc html gif or jpg files Use the Browse button to search for these files or type in a URL View before submit This takes you to the next page to allow you to view the authorization before it 1s submitted If there are other changes or corrections you wish to make click the back arrow on the top left side of your browser Otherwise click the submit
63. ojects e System for relevant and timely Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based application that will ajos and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders and cooperators can also Qus H information For Action Proposal waiting for approval Participants to be approved Annual Termination Reports to be approved Assign Reviewer for proposal Review to be completed Status Report My Participation Status My Report Status My Project Status Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 1 Ifyou are an administrative advisor or station director and have already registered in the system any outstanding approvals assigned to you will appear under For Action 2 To perform applications in the system roll your mouse over the functions in the Breem navigation bar This will prompt a drop down menu with options 3 You may also click on the functions in the blue navigation bar to do any of the following a Adjust your personal SETTINGS 1 User Profile name address email etc Station Profile the SAES organization to which you belong Regional MRC Profile this information is updated by system administrators NRSP Profile this information is updated by system administrators Set Reset your password Upload your electronic signature only if you are an AA or
64. on Registration 4 You will also be able to change the official representative objectives SY PY TY information CRIS information and Extension information For more information on filling out this information refer to the Draft Edit New Participant Information section 5 When finished entering the participant information click the submit button This will send an email to participant CRIS and CSREES as well as a confirmation email to the submitter You may also choose NOT to send email notification this should be used ONLY in the case that a minor edit has been made by selecting the NO radial button next to Send email to participant If there are any questions regarding participation input contact your system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna pearce g ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu 36 APPROVE REMOVE PARTICIPATION These functions are used after a participant has been added to NIMSS Administrative Advisors and Station Directors use them to approve or remove a participant from a project 1 Mouse over the Participants function at the top of the NIMSS screen and click on Remove or Approve depending on what you wish to do in the drop down menu SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS LOGOUT HELP LOGOUT HELP hat wil
65. on Sequestration and Distribution in Soils of Eroded PA Landscapes formerly NCT199 and NC174 NC 1018 Impact of Climate and Soils on Crop Selection and Management KS NCO94 Renewal NC 1020 Beef Cattle Grazing Systems that Improve Production and KS OH Profitability While Minimizing Risk and Environmental Impacts NC225 NC 1021 Nitrogen Cycling Loading and Use Efficiency in Forage Based OK Livestock Production Systems formerly NCT 196 and NC 189 NC 1022 The Chemical and Physical Nature of Particulate Matter NYC Affecting Air Water and Soil Quality NCR174 NC 1100 North Central Regional Center for Rural Development KS NC 1119 Management Systems to Improve the Economic and IA Environmental Sustainability of Dairy Enterprises Rev NC 119 Mi This screen will provide a list of projects by region with station researchers involved in the specified extension program Scroll down the page to view more regions Also scrolling to the bottom of the screen will allow users to view graphics associated with regional extension participation depending on the extension program These graphics will be similar to the following pictures 91 43 BNC IINE Bs Distribution by Project 6 35 9 3 95 5 3 1 4 Dw 61 25 82 Distribution by Project Region 81 27 71 11 60 95 50 79 40 63 Total FTE 30 48 20 32 10 16 NC 229 NC 1003 NC 1005 NC 1007 NC 1013 NC 1
66. on Total NC NC 7 NC 94 NC 100 NC 107 NC 125 NC 129 NC 131 NC 136 NC 140 NC 112 i70 NC 174 NC 202 NC 205 NC 213 MC 215 NC 218 NC 219 NC 222 NC 225 NC 228 NC 229 NC 230 NC 504 NC 1001 NC 1002 NC 1003 NC 1004 NC 1005J NC 1006 NC 1007 NC 1008 NC 1009 NC 1010 NC 1011 NC 1012 NC 1014 NC 1015 NC 1017 NC 1018 NC 1019 NC 1020 NC 1021 NC 1100 NC 1119 NC 1142 NCA 1 NCA 4 NCA 5 NCA 6 NCA 10 NCA 12 NCA 13 NCA 14 NCA 15 NCA 16 NCA 22 NCA 23 NC amp 24 NCR 9 NCR 13 NCR 22 NCR 25 NCR 31 NCR 42 NCR 46 NCR 52 NCR 57 NCR 65 NCR 84 NCR 87 NCR 89 NCR 97 NCR 101 NCR 103 NCR 125 NCR 137 NCR 148 NCR 167 NCR 170 NCR 174 NCR 180 NCR 189 NCR 190 NCR 192 NCR 193 NCR 194 NCR 197 NCR 199 NCR 200 NCR 201 NCR 203 NCR 204 NCR 206 NCR 207 NCR OLD 3 NCR OLD 8 NCR OLD 42 NCR OLD 57 NCR OLD 137 NCR OLD 148 NCR OLD 190 NCT 193 NCT 194 NCT 195 NCT 196 NCT 199 NC OLD 229 NC temp 1082 NC temp 1091 NC temp 1092 NC temp 1095 NC temp 1741 PET P cR en mmm m m ET e Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to view a pie chart illustrating total regional participation on a specified region s projects B 1890 4 0 BeExT 1 0 ENC 1 072 6096 ONE 144 8 Bo 196 11 Bs 225 13 Bw 138 8 eveloper Janagement and Support System v 2 v Click the Print Version button to obtain a clean copy for printing 23 VIEW PARTICIPATION BY EXTENSION PROJEC
67. on in NIMSS Simply type in any or all of the information on the following screen and click search person to view the list of what was found NIMSS Find a Person SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT Projects Participants Reports Meetings Reviews Directory To narrow your search choose a combination of parameters To widen your search you can leave a field blank or choose the option Any Project Number Region v Type Any v Project No Any v Project Title Name first Martin last a e Email From Association Any v Station Any be Address City State zip Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 CONTACT This function allows users to contact someone in NIMSS and or on a project dropdown menu select the purpose for using the Contact function Contact Users erem ettet mmm select the person you wantto contact Q Ask The Expert by Problem Area Ask The Expert by Subject Area B Su Contact Participants area to email those in NIMSS with a particular expertise After choosing thi simply follow the prompts on the screen to narrow your search Eventually provide a list of all participants who research that problem area From the Ask the Expert by Problem Area This allows users who have a question about a problem s application NIMSS will Ask the Expert by Subject Area This allows users who have a ques
68. or Edit Status S Submited by the Scientist waiting for Station Director s approval D Rejected Returned by Station Director or Administrator Advisor P Approved by Station Director waiting for Administrator Advisor s approval A Approved lowa lowa State University Director Woteki Catherine NC 7 Conservation Management Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources A Admin Advisor Wintersteen Wendy E Charles Brummer Iowa Iowa State University 1 202 1649 1080 0 10 0 00 0 00 not specified Status A 202 1649 1080 Candice Gardner Iowa Iowa State University 1 2 3 4 202 1420 1080 0 00 0 50 0 60 not specified mn 202 1421 1080 202 1452 1080 202 1452 1080 202 1421 1080 202 1420 1080 202 1510 1080 202 2110 1080 202 2110 1080 202 1899 1080 202 1899 1080 202 1849 1080 202 1849 1080 202 1844 1080 202 1844 1080 202 1510 1080 NC 100 Regional Research Coordination North Central Region A Admin Advisor Gray J Ian NM c neem Note you will only see SAES participants from your station and non AES participants who have AAs from your station To change existing participant information 1 Locate the project number on the list 2 Once you locate the project of interest locate the name of the person in whom you are intereste
69. ove Reject Projected Participantion Part 1 Participant List By Station Questions Comments Web Developer 2004 National Information Management and Support System v 2 4 Youwill receive a confirmation both on the screen and via email when the participant has been approved 7 REPORTS MEETINGS VIEW A REPORT OR MEETING This form allows you to view an annual meeting or an SAES 422 Annual Report for a committee For more information on SAES 422 forms see Preparing an Effective SAES 422 Report developed by David R MacKenzie Thomas J Helms Daryl Lund and H Michael Harrington This document is available online at http www cals ncsu edu 8050 escop archive SAES422preparation htm as well as from your regional executive director s office To view meetings or annual reports run your mouse over the Reports Meetings function on the top of the screen and click on View in the drop down menu SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT National Information Management and Support System s of Multistate Research Prajects System for relevant and timely Welcome The National Information Management and Support System is a web based application that f C and Activities to submit proposals and reports online Interested parties stakeholders and cooperatord information Z The next screen will default to the Search for Report screen by default However you can choose to perform any of the functions on the
70. ports per page or take you to the next webpage respectively 4 Click on the project number to view a proposal Click on the Report Date to view the annual report Un 38 UPCOMING MEETINGS l Click on the link on the left side of the screen View Reports Meetings List of Present Upcoming Annual Meetings Upcoming Meetings m Lc qe p c um Past Meetings For Region North Central Sort by Meeting Date Found 15 Results per Page al w Go to pagel Search for Meetings Search for Report 12 10 2004 to NC1004 Genetic and Functional Genomic Approaches to Improve Production and Quality of Pork 12 11 2004 Place Gateway Center Hotel Ames IA Friday and Ensminger Room Kildee Hall ISU campus Saturday Contacts Cathy Ernst Meeting Authorization gt gt 12 13 2004 to NCACO12 Agricultural Economics 12 13 2004 Place Saint Louis Missouri Contacts Steven Kraft Alan Baquet Meeting Authorization gt gt 12 15 2004 to NCDC201 Nanotechnology and Biosensors 12 16 2004 Place USDA CSREES Headquarters at 800 9th Street SW Waterfront Bldg Washington DC 20024 a block of rooms has been reserved in the Channel Inn Hotel two blocks from the USDA CSREES building Contacts Becky Peer bralts Meeting Authorization gt gt 01 04 2005 to NCRO42 Committee on Swine Nutrition new NCR 42 01 05 2005 Place Orlando Florida Contacts Gary Cromwell M
71. project activity title It covers the period from period start to period end URL http www lgu umd edu showReport cfm trackID 46 ASSIGN EDITOR This function allows administrative advisors to assign editors to a proposal Since it is only available to AAs only AAs will be able to see this function Settings Search Links Help Logout Authorize Meeting Draft Edit Report Approve Report Assign Editor Assign Editors Project No NC 7 Conservation Management Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources NC 94 Impact of Climate and Soils on Crop Selection and Management NC 100 Regional Research Coordination North Central Region NC 107 Evolving Pathogens Targeted Sequences and Strategies for Control of Bovine Respiratory Disease NC 125 Biological Control of Soil and Residue Borne Plant Pathogens NC 129 Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains NC 131 Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Growth and Differentiation NC 136 Imnravement nf Thermal and Alternative Praresses far Fanda Assign Editor Assign Editor Assign Editor Assign Editor Assign Editor Assign Editor Assign Editor Mouse over Reports Meetings and choose Assign Editor Next locate your project number and click the assign editor button Next click the pick button to choose from the list of NIMSS users who is allowed to edit a proposal To delete a person as an editor click clear NC125 As
72. r a password will be sent to your emad address In some cases the regional system admmistrator will need to verify your identity emad address before you are sent the password a Select Insbtuson Category Y Please selecta stabon 1f the stabon or the name of your msbtubon is not sted in any of the pull down menus Click on Add Station This wit be sent to your emal address okay Please press only once Fill in your name and email Next use the drop down arrows to choose your region and institution or station If your institution is not in the drop down boxes click the Add institution button to register your institution Finally choose your own login and type it into the appropriate boxes An email will be sent to you and your regional system administrator with your user password thus confirming your completed registration If you experience any problems using any of the functions on the main login screen contact your system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna pearce g ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu WHAT S IN NIMSS THE NIMSS MAIN MENU SETTINGS Projects Participants Reports Meetings HELP LOGOUT SEARCH LINKS Reviews Directory NIMSS National Information Management and Support System andnts of Multistate Research Pr
73. r that date 40 CREATE A MEETING You can only submit meeting info for projects that are both regionally approved or CSREES approved Also to create a meeting you must be authorized as an administrative advisor l Un 10 EEEEeeeE Se Projects Participants Reports Meetings Reviews Directory Authorize Meeting Draft Edit Report Approve Report Assign Editor National Information Management and Support System On the top NIMSS menu mouse over Reports Meetings and click on Authorize Meeting The following screen will then appear ll o Authorize a Meeting meeting info for projects c T ME that are either regionally P OJect or Activity No Please choose Y approved or CSREES Title approved From Administrative Advisor s Meeting Date s to mm dd yyyy to mm dd yyyy Venue where m Max characters 200 Contact Person 1 Name Email Contact Person 2 Name Email Additional Info Max characters 5 000 Single line breaks are not preserved use double line breaks instead or use a lt p gt tag to seperate paragraphs Attachments 19s Browse Browse View Before Submit IK Items with a by them are required In the Project or Activity No dropdown menu choose the project for which you would like to authorize a meeting ONLY PROJECTS YOU ARE A PART OF WILL APPEAR The title of the pr
74. s this depends on what you choose in the category above c Finally choose the station or the locale of your institution 3 Name use the drop down menu to choose the name of the person whom you are attempting to enter a This person MUST be registered in NIMSS for him her to appear in the dropdown If this person does not appear in the dropdown you probably need to register the person To do this click the Register This Person button b Follow the instructions on the page see the topic in this manual on Registration including assigning the person a user ID The system administrators suggest using the person s first initial followed by his her last name 1e jsmith c When you are done close the registration window to return to the previous screen You may have to reload refresh your browser winder this function is located at the top of your browser window 3l Determine if the new participant will be the official voting representative to the project Only one voting representative is allowed per institution per project although you may list several people as members of a project If the person is the official voting rep to the project place a check mark in the box next to Is this Person the official station representative to this project After placing a M in the box in the Appendix E for that project the participants name will appear with a next to it indicating that that person is in fact the official voting repre
75. sentative Project Objectives This section will automatically fill in depending on the project number you choose in Step 1 above Place a M next to the objectives for which the participant being entered is working Research Commitments the default value is zero for any of the categories Scientific Years SY Project Years PY and Technical Years TY Make sure that for the SY PY TY values you provide valid numbers Also note that SY should not be less than 0 1 see Appendix E Information Required for Each Region Research this is the section where participants enter their CRIS codes For more information on CRIS codes click the link above the research boxes that says Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research http cwf uvm edu cris revman manvi htm Make sure that the values given ro RPA SOI and FOS are valid numbers Do not leave these fields blank if you enter SY PY TY information If you need to add more combinations of RPA SOI FOS information click the button Add More Rows The RPA SOI FOS and combination thereof are used frequently in searches and are found very useful when locating scientists conducting research in similar areas or Fields of Science Extension If no FTE is provided the fields default to zero Participants can be involved in more than one extension program hence you may check more than one box When finished entering the participant information click the submit button T
76. sign Editors S 3 This function assigns project editors to enter proposal information on proposals NOT submitted as final photos and links on the homepages as well as to edit annual reports 47 REVIEWS Because each regional association conducts its reviews differently NIMSS detects the regional association to which you belong and automatically provides you with the correct review forms This eliminates the need for the special forms section as the previous version of NIMSS meaning you will only see your own regional forms The regional system administrators have developed their own instructions on how to complete the review forms for the separate regional associations Access these instructions at the following websites North Central NCRA http www wisc edu ncra AAnotebook htm Northeast NERA www Southern SAAESD www Western WAAESD www For more information please contact your regional system administrator North Central Nicole Nelson nnelson cals wisc edu Northeast Rubie Mize rm167 umail umd edu South Donna Pearce donna pearce g ncsu edu West Harriet Sykes sykes lamar colostate edu 48 DIRECTORY The directory allows users to find anyone who is entered into the system This applies to Station Directors Extension Directors 1890 Directors Regional Offices Executive Directors Administrative Advisors and CSREES Representatives It also allows
77. ster and login to the system 1 Management and Support Svster Above is a snapshot of the screen that you will see when you go to the NIMSS URL http www nimss umd edu To be able to submit forms to NIMSS you will need to register in the system However if you are just planning to browse or search for project information you may use the icons on the NIMSS guest menu ICONS ON THE GUEST MENU LOCATE A STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SAES This icon will show you the contact information for each SAES in the United States including the name of the director the phone number and the station s website To use this function 1 Mouse over the regional association to which your station of interest belong and click on it 2 The first name that appears is the contact information for the regional association office NCRA NERA SAAESD and WAAESD 3 To view information for a specific SAES click on the state in which it is located a We 4 To return to the login screen click the Login icon VIEW A PROJECT S HOMEPAGE By clicking on this icon you may view a project s homepage which contains administrative data associated with the activity To use this function refer to map below 1 Click on the Project Home Icon 2 Onthe next menu choose the regional association to which the project belongs 3 Choose the type of project for which you are looking 4 Locate the project within the final menu and c
78. ther browser window to display the proposal To go back to your work either click back to your original browser listed in the window at the bottom of your screen or close the View Proposal window If you have questions regarding these instructions contact your Regional System Administrator These functions are only seen by AAs 19 APPROVE A PROJECT To approve a project a user must be registered in NIMSS as an administrative advisor This function submits new proposals as final to the Regional System Administrators offices AAs should use this function when a proposal is complete meaning that all proposal sections are filled in and the Appendix E is fairly complete AAs are the only people to see this function To approve a proposal l Administrative Advisors will use the Project drop down menu and choose Approve SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT dit lication that will allow participants of Multistate Research Projects and Activities ta submit proposals and reports online Interested parties Hd cooperators can also query the System for relevant and timely information Approve 2 This will bring up a list of temporary projects assigned to that administrative advisor 3 Locate the temp number you would like to approve If you think a proposal has been drafted but it does not appear on the list contact the Regional System Administrator 4 Ifyou would like to view the proposal again before submissio
79. tion about a subject area to email those in NIMSS with a particular expertise After choosing this application simply follow the prompts on the screen to narrow your search Eventually NIMSS will provide a list of all participants who research that subject area their own projects i From the dropdown choose contact participants Contact Participants This function will allow committee members to contact members of 11 Choose the project number for which you would like to contact participants ii Place a check mark next to those on the committee you would like to contact or simply click the button to Select All iv Type in the Subject and the Message v Ifyou would like to include any attachments use the browse button to search for documents stored on your computer or type in an email address vi Finally submit your letter by clicking send email You will then see a confirmation screen notifying you that your letter has been sent You will also receive a copy the letter sent to your own email inbox 50 ATTACHMENT 1 HTML TAGS Many forms will use a text area box in which you can input information To help with formatting 1ssues below are a few html tags you might consider using when entering data Note that when you cut and paste from another file 1 e word document you will lose some formatting 1 e italics and bolded text so the below tags might be helpful What it Does Example Code Example Output
80. tory to view the history of that project View Projects Form 1002 Active MRF Support Projects Coordinating Committees Education or Extension Research Activities and Development Committees National MRF Fortfobo MRF Project Activities i l List of Proposals MRSPOOI Research Planning Using the Current Research Information System CRIS Start Qut 2004 WA Project History Admin Advisors C Colin Kaltenbach Robert Seem Darrell Nelsan william Brown Revised HN i ee CSREES Reps D Unglesbee M Desbois archived Project NRSPOO3 The National 4tmaspherie Deposition Program NADP from NRSP3 Start Oct 2003 C40 C FL dosages 3 Admin Advieore G Bruce Wiersma Donald L Snyder Steven Pueppke Gerald Arkan n i GA IL ag earch for Project eie f ieisian End LA M MD CSREES Reps Raymond Knighton ME MI MN OH OR PA TX UT V NRSPOC High Value Specialty Crop Pest Management Start Oct 2004 CAD CO IA Admin Advigore Daniel Rossi Gary Lemme Mary Duryea Michael Parrella eer n ID p i d A i evisian Enmd 9 MN JJ NE CSREES Reps lames V Parachetti OH sc en UT V WA Wi NREPDOS Mational Program for Controlling Virus Enseases of Temperate Fruit Tree Crops Start Oct 2003 CAD NYG Revised hisbary 5C WA WI Admin Advisors Robert Seem Ralph Cavaler D C Caston Randy Woodson ed n Revision End 2008 CSREES Reps Thomas 4 B
81. y Fill in any or all of the fields Project Number Project Title Region Meeting Date yyyy format Then click on Search A screen similar to the following will appear View Reports Meetings Upcoming Meetings Search for Meetings Search for Report NC007 NCO094 NC100 NC107 NC125 NC129 NC131 NC136 NC140 Search for Meeting Results Past Meetings Found 123 meetings within 53 projects Results per Page 10 Goto pagel 07 23 02 07 24 02 06 22 04 06 23 04 09 25 03 09 26 03 09 09 04 09 10 04 09 15 02 09 17 02 09 05 02 09 06 02 09 10 02 09 11 02 09 09 03 09 10 03 09 14 04 09 15 04 11 08 01 11 09 01 10 21 02 10 22 02 12 28 02 10 23 03 10 24 03 08 04 04 04 08 02 04 09 02 04 27 03 04 29 03 10 04 02 10 05 02 10 24 03 10 25 03 10 29 04 10 30 04 09 15 02 09 17 02 10 12 03 10 14 03 10 12 03 10 14 03 10 02 04 10 04 04 11 08 02 11 09 02 11 10 03 11 12 03 11 10 03 11 11 03 11 08 04 11 09 04 01 10 98 01 13 04 To view other meetings you can t see on the current webpage adjust the Results per Page dropdown or the Go To Page dropdown These will either show more meetings per page or take you to the next webpage respectively Click on the project number to view a proposal Click on the Meeting Date to view the meeting info fo
82. y Project Region Select a Program Natlonawi Agricultural competitiveness and profitability Community resource and economic development Family development and resource management 4 H and youth development Leadership and volunteer development Natural resource and environmental management Nutrition diet and health By Extension Program Search Bll Agricultural competitiveness and profitability 155 496 43 Community resource and economic development 9 5 3 Bl Family development and resource management 104 93 29 After selecting the program you would like to view a screen similar to the following will appear 24 SETTINGS SEARCH LINKS HELP LOGOUT View Participants My Participation By Project By Station By Project Region By Extension Program Search Part I Projects Participants Reports Meetings Appendix E Extension Participation by Program Program Natural resource and environmental management Part 1 List of State Participation by program NC Project Reviews X Directory NC 503 Host Plant Control Resistance to and Best Management KS OK Practices for Karnal Bunt of Wheat NC 1005 Landscape Ecology of Whitetailed Deer in amp gro Forest NE Ecosystems 4 Cooperative Approach to Support Management NC 1012 Improved Crop and Livestock Management for Protecting the IA IL Non Glaciated Upper Mississippi Valley NC 1017 Carb

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