State matching funds are required under the Hatch Act. Expenditures of these funds can only be made through an officially approved project. Thus, the purpose of this policy document is to provide guidelines for developing and obtaining approval of formal Hatch, McIntire-Stennis and State research projects. It replaces the Procedures for Preparing and Processing Proposals, Reports and Manuscripts of August 1994. More detail on the College's research goals can be found on the Station website.
Interdisciplinary research is encouraged.
In 2000, a new set of procedures for a paperless multistate research program has been developed. The following procedures should be followed in developing or revising an Experiment Station Research Project. Once a problem has been identified, a thorough review of the literature should be conducted to assure full awareness of the current status of research in the study area, including the techniques and procedures being used, and to avoid unnecessary duplication and redundancy. The prospectus must be approved by the Division Director and then forwarded to the Associate Director for approval by the Experiment Station. The proposal should be as complete as possible, but should not be excessive in length.