Investing in Science to Transform Lives

NIFA Listens: Investing in Science to Transform Lives OMB No. 0524-0051

Stakeholder Input Form Instructions Exp. Date 3/30/2020

Before completing the stakeholder input form, please take your time in forming your answers to the questions: What is your top priority in food and agricultural research, extension or education that NIFA should address? and What are the most promising science opportunities for advancement of food and agricultural sciences?

You will be allowed 600 words for each response. Please be thoughtful in your responses. We recommend composing your answers to these questions prior to filling out the stakeholder input form. You may draft responses in a separate document to make sure that you remain within the word limit and that your spelling and grammar is accurate. These responses should be thoughtfully constructed to reflect your personal or organizational priorities and emerging needs and opportunities in food and agricultural research, extension, and education.

If you are making a short oral presentation, you will have to submit a short 250 word abstract describing your topic. You have the option to give an oral presentation and submit written content, however it is not required to do both.

Please do the best you can to represent your or your organizations priorities and opportunities for advancing food and agricultural sciences. This form should not take more than 15 minutes to complete.

NIFA Listens Stakeholder Input Form Questions OMB No. 0524-0051

Exp. Date 3/30/2020

The multiple choice questions in this form are straightforward and will likely take respondents 5-10 minutes to complete. Response times for the free text portions of this form will vary. If an organization or individual has a well formed opinion on the following key questions, the time it takes to craft a response may be 15-30 minutes. If an organization or individual is thinking about these questions for the first time, it may take longer. The amount of time it will take to answer these questions will depend on how much research they do, if any.

• What is your top priority in food and agricultural research, extension or education that NIFA should address?

• What are the most promising science opportunities for advancement of food and agricultural sciences?

1. Email address

2. How will you participate in the NIFA stakeholder listening session process?

Submission of written comment in this survey

Attend in-person listening sessions

Submission of written comment AND attend in-person listening session

3. If you are attending an in-person listening session, please select the location you wish to attend. We will follow-up with you regarding your interest in participating.

Kansas City, MO - Thursday, October 19, 2017

Atlanta, GA - Thursday, October 26, 2017

Sacramento, CA - Thursday, November 2, 2017

Hyattsville, MD - Wednesday, November 8, 2017

4. Will you be giving a short oral presentation at the listening session?

Yes

No

Attendees will have an opportunity to make short oral presentations. All presenters must submit an abstract that is no longer than 250 words on the topic they will address. The presentations should address the following questions:

• What is your top priority in food and agricultural research, extension or education that NIFA should address?

• What are the most promising science opportunities for advancement of food and agricultural sciences?

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* 5. Abstract (250 Word Limit)

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If you are presenting at an in-person listening session, you have the option to submit written content. You may skip this page. If you do submit written content, please take your time in responding to these questions.

Top of Form

* 6. What is your top priority in food and agricultural research, extension or education that NIFA should address?

* 7. What are the most promising science opportunities for advancement of food and agricultural sciences?

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8. Your Name

* 9. Are you representing a personal opinion or the opinion of an organization?

Personal Opinion

Organizational Opinion

* 10. Please indicate your employment affiliation.

11. Organization Name

* 12. How many people are represented by the organization you represent?

* 13. Please characterize the type of organization you represent by choosing one of the options below.

University

Government Entity (Tribal, Federal, State, County, Municipal)

Commodity Group

Professional Association/Society

Non-profit Organization

For-profit Company

Private Researcher

Other (please specify)

14. Is there any other relevant information you would like us to know about emerging needs and opportunities in food and agricultural research, extension, and education?

* 15. If you have a relevant position paper about emerging needs and opportunities in food and agricultural research, extension, and education, please upload here.

PDF, DOCX, DOC file types only.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0524-0051. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.