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Welcome to the Current Research Information System (CRIS)                                        web site. The Current Research Information System (CRIS) provides documentation                                        and reporting                                        for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research,                                        education                                        and extension activities for the United States Department of                                            Agriculture; with a focus on the  National                                            Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant programs. Projects are                                        conducted or                                        sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment                                        stations, land-grant universities, other cooperating                                        state institutions, and participants in NIFA-administered                                        grant programs, including                                        Small Business                                            Innovation Research and                                        Agriculture and Food Research                                            Initiative.                                        The Planning, Accountability, & Reporting Staff office of NIFA is responsible                                        for maintaining CRIS.                                    

Use the top "navbar" to navigate through the CRIS web site, or                                            click on the links in the left and right columns to search the CRIS                                            database, to view the Manual of Classification, or to enter our Forms                                            Assistance web site.Last                                            Modified                                            04/02/2024What's New in CRIS?                                -  Avian                                            Influenza
-  Biofuels/Bioenergy 
-  Food                                            Safety (Ala-Mic)
-  Food                                            Safety (Min-Wyo)
-  Mad                                            Cow/TSE/Rltd
-  Nanotechnology 
-  Obesity/Weight                                            Control
-  Soybean                                            Rust
-  Tribal                                            Education |