VT. - College of Agriculture, University of Vermont

CRIS AD-421
PROGRESS/TERMINATION REPORT
and
PUBLICATIONS


Use the World Wide Web to do this report!


For assistance, please contact Sue Lang
slang@zoo.uvm.edu


Your research report is entered into the CRIS (Current Research Information System) database where it is available to fellow research scientists and administrators on a nationwide basis, and to the public worldwide in the CRISTEL online file (http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/menu.html).

Display the CRIS Forms Assistance homepage located at http://cwf.uvm.edu/cris.

Select the AD-421 Progress/Termination Report.

Select VT. from the US map.

Select: VT. - College of Agriculture, University of Vermont
Enter the password and then Proceed.

Enter your name to display the list of projects that require reports from you as the principal investigator.

Select one project from the list and Proceed.

Enter the following information:

1) Choose the appropriate report, either:

2) Progress/Termination narrative:

The progress report narrative should list findings and accomplishments with brief comments as to why the results are significant scientifically or practically. If it is too soon to report accomplishments, characterize the status or stage of the work.

The termination report narrative is a brief summary of accomplishments for the entire life of the project.

CRIS strictly limits the narrative to 3200 characters, and cannot accept any characters not found on your keyboard. Do not use degree symbols, math symbols, Greek letters, italics, boldface, super- or sub-scripts, or underlines. Consider entering and spell-checking the text in your favorite wordprocessor (then paste it into the Web form), but do NOT include tabs or indents nor any other text formatting. Also, the question mark (?) should not be used because it means something else to the CRIS computer. Please substitute suitable words and alternate characters.
3) Impact:

4) Publications:

Publications that relate to your CRIS projects should be included. List significant publications issued during the reporting period. On a termination report, only include publications not previously submitted on a progress report.

Example:

Wu, J., Ullrich, R.C. and Novotny, C.P. 1996. Regions in the Z5 mating gene of Schizophyllum commune involved in Y-Z binding and recognition. Mol. Gen. Genet. 252:739-745.

Include only publications for the current reporting period, and only published works (journal articles, published abstracts, books, book chapters, and theses -- NO talks, NO presentations, NO newsletter or magazine articles). Do NOT enter authors in all capital letters and do NOT number the citations.
When all information is entered, select Check Data and note any errors. View the displayed information carefully. Corrections or additional edits can be made by using the BACK button on your browser toolbar. After each edit, Check Data again.

When the information is correct and complete, select Save Report. You should see a Confirmation Screen if your report was successfully saved in the site's collection file. You may want to print a copy of this page to keep for your records and or submit for review.

When you are completely finished with the report and do not need to edit it further, select the Report Complete button. Once you select this button, you will not be able to edit the report again, and it will then be submitted to CRIS for you. You MUST "press" this button to indicate when the report is complete. Your report cannot be submitted to CRIS until you mark it complete.

If you have more than one project, use the Return to Select Project button in order to select another project and follow the same steps as outlined previously.

Submit a report for ALL projects that are listed for you.