- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,
We have completed the merit and promotion cycle for 2009-2010. More than 80 actions were processed statewide for UC ANR academics.
I am grateful to the academics who served on the Senior Administrative Council (SAC) this cycle – Peggy Mauk, Linda Manton, Bill Frost, Steve Vasquez, Terry Salmon and Lucia Kaiser. This University service is extraordinary and allowed the process some stability during this time of transition.
I am working with AVP Barbara Allen-Diaz and the Executive Working Group to develop the new merit and promotion process reflecting our shared goals to maintain academic excellence, streamline the process and provide peer review input. Academic Assembly Council, the Personnel...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
SNE Strategic Initiative Draft Plan posted for review
The Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative Draft Plan is now available for review at http://ucanr.org/sites/NRCC_2010/.
People who plan on attending the ANR Natural Resources Coordinating Conference (NRCC) on June 28 – 30 should read the draft plan and come prepared to give input about it. The conference will bring together members of workgroups and special projects and Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) and Cooperative Extension (CE) academics working in the broad area of natural resources to determine how the Sustainable Natural Ecosystem (SNE) Initiative can best...
- Author: Michael L. Poe
The ANR Office of Contracts and Grants and the Program Support Unit (PSU) held a 30-minute AFRI forum live via Adobe Connect today. It included a brief presentation by Bill Frost, director of PSU, outlining ANR’s AFRI support including who is eligible for support, what type of support is provided and how one gets support. From Contracts and Grants, Soheil Jadali demonstrated the ANR AFRI Resources web page and Bernadine Smith moderated questions from forum participants. Questions included specifics on ANR AFRI support process, AFRI funding opportunities, using Grants.gov, indirect costs, cost sharing, approval and submission, and more.
The event recording is found here
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Challenging issues, strong beliefs and lively dialogue marked the June 8 workshop including county directors and the Executive Working Group. The commitment to ANR’s future was evident with more than 50 participants working throughout the day to identify potential positive and negative consequences associated with various administrative and programmatic structures.
Results of the recent...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Interested in applying for an AFRI grant? Not sure how to begin or how to proceed?
Those applying for or assisting with the preparation of an AFRI grant application are invited to join ANR Office of Contracts and Grants and the Program Support Unit for a 60-minute AFRI Forum live via Adobe Connect on Tuesday, June 22, at 10 a.m. PDT.
In addition to describing the roles of the two offices as part of the ANR support for AFRI grants, the forum will include a walk-through of the recently launched ANR AFRI...
