REEport Update

May 17, 2010

What is REEport?• NIFA’s grant and formula project reporting

system, building on and replacing the existing CRIS web forms system.

• REEport implements the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), a standard progress report format that all Federal research agencies will be required to use.

Characteristics of REEport?• No form numbers such as AD-416, AD-417, AD-

419, or AD-421• Instead: modules such as Project Initiation (which

includes classification), Progress Report, Financial Report, and Final Technical Report

Implementation of REEport• Stage A – Non-Formula Grant Initiation

– October 1, 2010

• Stage B – Existing Non-Formula Grants & Project Reporting– January 15, 2011 (Target date)

• Stage C – Formula Grant Initiation– October 1, 2011 (Target date)

• Stage D – Existing Formula Grants & Project Reporting– October 1, 2011 (Target date)

Stage A of REEport• Non-Formula Grant Project Initiation• Linked to Grants database – C-REEMS

– Pre-population of some Project data

Stage B of REEport• Existing Non-Formula Grants & Project Reporting• Copying Existing Formula Projects from CRIS to

REEport– Annual Progress Reports– Continuations– Final Technical Reports

• Target Date: January 15, 2011

Stage C of REEport

• Formula Grant Project Initiation & Classification• Program of Research• Assurance Statements• Email Notifications and Reminders• Link Hatch and Evans-Allen Projects to POW• Data Exchange with NIMSS• Target Date: October 1, 2011

Stage D of REEport• Moving Existing Formula Projects to REEport

– Progress Reports– Financial Report– Termination Reports

• Email Notifications and Reminders• Link Hatch and Evans-Allen Projects to POW

– Auto Upload FTEs, Financial Data, KAs & % to Annual Report

• Target Date: October 2011

NIFA Reporting and Reports Portal

• One Place to enter for:– REEport– Plan of Work– Partnership Leadership Management Dashboard

• One User ID and Password for Reporting• All Users must have a User ID and Password• Roles

– Site Administrator– Project Grantees (PDs)

Where will you get data from REEport?

• REEIS - http://www.reeis.usda.gov

• Partnership LMD – (Leadership Management Dashboard) - http://www.reeis.usda.gov/lmd

Partnership LMD – http://www.reeis.usda.gov/lmd

The LMD 3.0

Two types exist for two different audiences:o NPL - National Program Leaders at NIFA (internal facing)o Partner – NIFA partners (external facing)

The data in LMD currently draws from 3 sources:o Current Research Information System (CRIS)o AREERA State Plan of Work (POW) Information System o Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension

Management System (C-REEMS)

June 2010 – Go live with a scalable open source platform that eliminates costly vendor lock-ins – while enabling more effective data sharing.

Scalable open source platform will enable users to generate customized reports faster and provide an interface that is easier to understand

We have plans to continue to add requirements and enhancements to the Dashboard approximately every 6-9 months.

Where is LMD Going?

Director’s Reports in the future Through the LMD interface – Universities will be able

to filter their expenditure data – the way they want to see the data (instead of providing them many pdf’s – of expenditure data – with different filters)

Programs of Work for McIntire-Stennis and Animal Health can be generated from the REEport data and certified.

Where is LMD Going?

REEport Training

• YES, there will be training!!• Online Training Modules• Web Conferences (Recorded)• Help Text and Definition Links on each screen

REEport Additional Information• REEport Implementation Web Page

– http://www.nifa.usda.gov/business/reeport_imp.html

• Contact Information– Bart Hewitt, Accountability and Reporting Leader– REEport@nifa.usda.gov– 202-720-0747