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Multistate Research Program

Multistate Research Program

MULTISTATE RESEARCH

The mission of the multistate research program is to enable research on high-priority topics among the State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) in partnership with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), other research institutions and agencies, and with the Cooperative Extension Service (CES).  In this way, technological opportunities and complex problem solving activities which are beyond the scope of a single SAES, can be approached in a more efficient and comprehensive way.

Travel

The Associate Dean & Associate Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station will provide up to $1,500 for faculty to attend annual multistate research meetings or up to $1,000 to attend a multistate research meeting in conjunction with another conference, provided the faculty member is a current principal investigator (PI) and listed as the official representative on a MAES multistate research project in the National Information Management & Support System.

The PI will send a request for MAES Multistate Project travel subsidy, via e-mail to Dr. Puneet Srivastava (srivapu@umd.edu), Associate Dean & Associate Director, and copied to:

  • Rubie Mize (rgmize@umd.edu), MAES Research Coordinator

  • Michelle Prentice (mkpren@umd.edu), MAES Business Manager

  • PI’s Departmental Finance or Business Manager

  • PI’s Department Chair

Multistate Travel Support

Administrative Procedure

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE – For Multistate Projects

Sub-unit: Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES)-AGNR

Subject: MAES-– Multistate Research Travel Support

Revised: November 30, 2023

Effective: February 1, 2024

Purpose

The Associate Dean & Associate Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station will provide up to $1,500 for faculty to attend annual multistate research meetings or up to $1,000 to attend a multistate meeting in conjunction with another conference, provided the faculty member is a current Principal Investigator and listed as the official representative on a MAES multistate research project in the National Information Management & Support System

This travel support applies to only one multistate project’s annual meeting. A faculty can join more than one multistate project, but can only use this travel support for one project per year. The multistate travel support will be shared 50:50 between MAES and UME if the multistate project's official representative is an Extension faculty member with UME who has no research appointment.

Procedure

1. The PI will send a request for MAES Multistate Project travel subsidy, via e-mail to Dr. Puneet Srivastava (srivapu@umd.edu), Associate Dean & Associate Director, and copied to

  • Rubie Mize (rgmize@umd.edu), MAES Research Coordinator,
  • Michelle Prentice (mkpren@umd.edu), MAES Business Manager
  • PI’s Departmental Finance or Business Manager, and
  • PI’s Department Chair.

Request must include the Official Meeting Authorization which has the dates and location of the meeting, and agenda. Request should be submitted at least three weeks prior to the meeting date.

2. The request will be reviewed, and the PI notified, as soon as possible, regarding the status of the travel subsidy request.

3. Once the request is approved, the PI will use his/her own Departmental KFS account number to create a Travel Request in Concur for the meeting. Upon completion of the travel, the PI or the Department's Business Manager will contact the MAES Business Manager to transfer funds (up to $1,500 for multistate meeting travel or up to $1,000 for travel to a conference that includes a multistate meeting) to cover the PI's travel expenses with submittal of appropriate receipts. The PI is allowed to use these funds only for travel requested for a particular multistate project for which he/she is an official representative.

Contacts

  • Rubie G. Mize, rgmize@umd.edu PH 301-405-4049 (for multistate program questions)
  • Michelle Prentice, mkpren@umd.edu PH 301-405-2462 (for finance questions)

MAES Faculty Participate in the following Multistate Research Projects (MRPs)

NE1938 Carbon Dynamics and Hydromorphology in Depressional Wetland Systems

 10/01/2019-09/30/2024

Andy Baldwin

Martin Rabenhorst

NC1180 Control of Endemic, Emerging and Re-emerging Poultry Respiratory Diseases in the United States 10/01/2019-09/30/2029

Andrew Broadbent

Mostafa Ghanem

NE2334 Genetic Bases for Resistance and Immunity to Avian Diseases 10/01/2023-09/30/2028 Andrew Broadbent
NE1941 Environmental Impacts of Equine Operations 10/01/2019-09/30/2024 Amy O Burk
NCERA221 Turfgrass and the Environment 10/01/2021-09/30/2026

Mark J Carroll

NE2206 Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Agriculture 10/01/2022-09/30/2027

Allen Davis

Amanda Rockler

Jennifer Dindinger

NCAC4 Horticultural Crops 10/01/2004-09/30/2030 John Erwin
NC140 Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Tree-Fruit Production Through Changes in Root Stock Use 10/01/2022-09/30/2027 Macarena Farcuh
NE2336 Improving Quality and Reducing Losses in Specialty Fruit and Vegetable Crops through Storage Technologies 10/01/2023-09/30/2028

Macarena Farcuh

Mengjun Hu

NE2203 Legal Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources 10/01/2022-09/30/2027 Paul Goeringer
WERA1021 Spotted Wing Drosophila Biology, Ecology, and Management 10/01/2022-09/30/2027 Kelly Hamby
NC246 Ecology and Management of Arthropods in Corn 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Kelly Hamby
NEERA2104 Northeast Region Technical Committee on Integrated Pest Management 10/01/2021-09/30/2026 Kelly Hamby
W4171 Germ Cell and Embryo Development and Manipulation for the Improvement of Livestock 10/01/2019-09/30/2024 Carol L Keefer
W4045 Agrochemical Impacts On Human And Environmental Health: Mechanisms And Mitigation 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Niranjana Krishnan
NCCC31 Ecophysiological Aspects of Forage Management 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 William O Lamp
NE2045 Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems: Assessing the Impact of Soil Variability and Climate Change 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Andy M Lazur
NE2443 Biology, Ecology & Management of Emerging Disease Vectors 10/01/2024-09/30/2029 Paul Leisnham
NE1943 Biology, Ecology & Management of Emerging Disease Vectors 10/01/2019-09/30/2024 Paul Leisnham
W5133 Economic Valuation and Management of Natural Resources on Public and Private Lands 10/01/2022-09/30/2027

Erik Lichtenberg

David Newburn

W1197 Advancing Aquatic Food Product Sustainability: Improving Quality, Utilization and Safety 10/01/2023-09/30/2028 Catherine Liu
NRSP8 Genomic Capacity: Building Applied Genomic Capacity for Animal Industries 10/01/2023-09/30/2028

Li Ma

Jiuzhou Song

NE1942 Enhancing Poultry Production Systems through Emerging Technologies and Husbandry Practices 10/01/2019-09/30/2024

Jonathen R Moyle

NE2442 Improving Sustainable Poultry Production through Collaborative Research and Outreach 10/01/2024-09/30/2029

Jonathen R Moyle

NC1170 Advanced Technologies for the Genetic Improvement of Poultry 10/01/2023-09/30/2028 Tom E Porter
NE2227 Contribution of Ovarian Function, Uterine Receptivity, and Embryo Quality to Pregnancy Success in Ruminants 10/01/2022-09/30/2027

Emilia Przygrodzka

Heewon Seo

NC1186 Water Management and Quality for Specialty Crop Production and Health 10/01/2020-09/30/2025

Andrew G Ristvey

John D Lea-Cox

NE1962 Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Other Green Environments: Understanding Human and Community Benefits and Mechanisms 10/01/2022-09/30/2027 Naomi Elena Sachs
NE1939 Improving the health span of aging adults through diet and physical activity 10/01/2019-09/30/2024 Nadine R Sahyoun
NC1208 Biology, Etiology, and Management of Dollar Spot in Turfgrasses 10/01/2024-09/30/2029 Fereshteh Shahoveisi
S1089 Advanced Understanding and Prediction of Pollutants in Critical Landscapes in Watersheds 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Adel Shirmohammadi
NC1170 Advanced Technologies for the Genetic Improvement of Poultry 10/01/2023-09/30/2028  Jiuzhou Song
NE59 Multistate Research Coordination Northeastern Region 10/01/1999-09/30/2029 Puneet Srivastava
NC1023 Engineering for food safety and quality 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Rohan V Tikekar
SCC80 Imagining the Future of Plant Breeding 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Vijay Tiwari
S1087 Sustainable Practices, Economic Contributions, Consumer Behavior, and Labor Management in the U.S. Environmental Horticulture Industry 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Xuan Wei
S1088 Specialty Crops and Food Systems: Exploring Markets, Supply Chains and Policy Dimensions 10/01/2020-09/30/2025 Xuan Wei
NCERA59 Soil Organic Matter: Formation, Function and Management 10/01/2021-09/30/2026 Raymond Weil
NC1202 Enteric Diseases of Food Animals: Enhanced Prevention, Control and Food Safety 10/01/2022-09/30/2027 Zhengguo Xiao
NC229 Swine Viral Diseases 10/01/2024-09/30/2029 Yanjin Zhang