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Presentations to the Committee
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Motivation for the Study and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Study Objectives
Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Programs at USDA Agricultural Research Service and Their Complementarity with AFRI
Ed Knipling, Administrator, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Their Complementarity with AFRI
Sharlene Weatherwax, DOE Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental Research
The Association of Public Land-Grant Universities’ (APLU) Expectation/View of AFRI
Ian Maw, APLU Vice President of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
The Federation of Animal Science Societies’ (FASS) Expectation/View of AFRI
Anthony Pescatore, FASS Board President
American Society of Agronomy (ASA)–Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)–Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)’s Expectation/View of AFRI
Jeffrey Volenec, CSSA President
APRIL 1, 2013
Keynote Address: The Role of Competitive Grants Research at USDA
The Honorable Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The 2004 Report: Assessment and Recommendations for the Creation of NIFA and a Competitive Grants Program
William H. Danforth II, Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis
The AFRI Grant-Making and Grant-Management Process
Mark Mirando, National Program Leader for Animal Nutrition, Growth, and Reproduction, NIFA
Ann Lichens-Park, National Program Leader for Microbial Genomics, NIFA
Single Institution AFRI Grant Recipient
Conner Bailey, Professor of Rural Sociology, Auburn University
Multi-Institution CAP Grant Recipient
James Womack, W.P. Luse Endowed & Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University
Single Investigator AFRI Grant Recipient
Li-Jun Ma, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
APRIL 2, 2013
Multi-Institution CAP Grant Recipient
Lee-Ann Jaykus, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in Food Science, North Carolina State University
JUNE 3, 2013
The Role and Relevance of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to Agricultural Preparedness
Barbara Schaal, Professor, Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, Washington University; Co-chair, Report to the President on Agricultural Preparedness and the Agriculture Research Enterprise
CREATE-21 and Its Relation to NIFA and AFRI in the 2008 Farm Bill
Jeffrey Armstrong, President, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; and Co-chair of CREATE-21
A Vision for AFRI
Roger Beachy, Professor, Washington University; former Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The Role of AFRI in Agricultural Economics and in Rural and Community Development
Scott Loveridge, Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University; Director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
The American Society of Plant Biologists’ (ASPB) Expectations and Views of AFRI
Peggy Lemaux, President, ASPB; Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
The Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) Expectations and Views of AFRI
Will Fisher, Vice President of Science and Policy Initiatives, IFT
Views and Expectations of AFRI from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director, Federal Research and Development, OSTP
JUNE 4, 2013
Views and Expectations of AFRI from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Noah Engelberg, Program Examiner, OMB
