NCAC Review Process

What is needed for projects reviews?

How do I find a proposal?

What if I am the NCAC Member submitting the review?

Which Form do I use?

What if I run into problems?

All projects being reviewed must be submitted to the National Information Management and Support System (NIMSS).

New/renewal projects will have temporary numbers (ie. NC_temp999), while projects under midterm review should be referred to using their regular number (ie. NC777, NCCC888). When the project has been submitted as final by the writing committee, the system administrator (Christina Hamilton: ncra@cals.wisc.edu) will notify the NCAC committees by email that it is ready to be reviewed under the temporary number assigned by the system. The email will include the address where the proposal can be located within NIMSS.

What is needed from projects up for review?

• New projects will only submit their project proposals (including completed Appendix E).
• Projects up for renewal should make sure to post their meeting minutes/SAES-422 annual report forms in NIMSS (including completed and separate Accomplishments and Impact Sections on the SAES-422). Renewal projects will also submit their finalized proposal (including completed Appendix E) as well as project impact statements (refer to http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/impactstatementinfo.htm).
• Projects up for midterm review should post their most recent meeting minutes/SAES-422 annual report forms as well as their impact statements (refer to http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/impactstatementinfo.htm).
• All administrative Advisors must fill out the AA review form (see instructions below).

Viewing a Proposal/Annual Reports:

Refer to http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/ViewEditProposal.htm for more information.  Also refer to the NIMSS Virtual Training at http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/NIMSSProject-View.htm. 

Submitting a Review:

Those committee members who are submitting a review should register in NIMSS on the NIMSS login screen (http://www.nimss.umd.edu/); click on "Register."

Administrative Advisors should have a NIMSS login and therefore should be able to sign into the system to view the project.

NCAC Committee Members: The NCAC chair should contact Christina Hamilton (ncra@cals.wisc.edu) with a list of NCAC members who will be submitting the reviews in NIMSS on behalf of the NCAC.  If the AA will submit on behalf of the entire committee, he/she should explain that to Chris as well. 

Which form do I use?

An NCA committee will submit one evaluation to the NCRA office per committee.

NIMSS automatically detects which type of project evaluation should be used for the different project types (NC, NCCC, NCERA).  If you’d like hard copies of these evaluations, they can be found at www.wisc.edu/ncra/forms.htm. 

Evaluation of NC Projects	Appendix H
Midterm Review of NC Projects	Appendix I
Evaluation of NCCC Projects Evaluation of NCERA Projects	Appendix J1 Appendix J2
Midterm Review of NCCC or NCERA Committees	Appendix K

1. After you have registered and signed into NIMSS (http://www.nimss.umd.edu/), mouse over the “Review” function on the green navigation bar and choose “Submit.”  The projects, which you are authorized to submit information for, should appear.  If you do not see the project to which you should be assigned, contact Christina Hamilton (ncra@cals.wisc.edu).  If the project appears, click on “NCAC Review.”

2. Fill in the form accordingly and choose “update” when you are done.  You will be able to edit your review by going back to the same way you got there (refer to number 1 above). 

3. Please click HERE for more information on how to complete the evaluation forms.

After submitting the review as final, it will be sent to the Multistate Research Committee. All reviews MUST be submitted by early February.  

Assistance:

If you have any problems accessing anything in the system, please contact the system administrator, Christina Hamilton, in the NCRA Office:

Email: ncra@cals.wisc.edu; Phone: 608-262-2349.