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ESCOP Science and Technology
Committee Overview
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Chair Steve Pueppke, University of Illinois
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Past Chair Nancy Cox, University of Kentucky
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ED Liaison Eric Young, SAAESD
New Directors Workshop
December 8, 2004
Charge
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Organize the collection of national research projects
into a cohesive portfolio of research programs that
support sustained federal appropriations for
SAES/ARD research endeavors
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Link regional and national multistate, multi-functional
and multi-disciplinary activities
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Coordinate regional and national research programs
with national initiatives such as CROPS 99 and FAIR
2002
What we actually do
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Assemble disciplinary experts to produce
scientific information for review and
dissemination by ESCOP Chair to the
AES system.
Membership
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Member
Representing
Eric Young (S Region)
Margaret Dentine (WI)
Steve Pueppke (IL)
Richard Rhodes III (RI)
Gloria Wyche-Moore (DC)
David Boethel (LA)
William F. Brown (FL)
Ron Pardini (NV)
TBA
Arthur Allen (MD-ES)
Conrad Bonsi (Tuskegee)
Sally Rockey
Dan Schmoldt
Phil Schwab
Adrianna Hewings (IL)
Frank Zalom (UCDavis)
Nancy Cox (KY)
Edwin Price (TX)
Cliff Gabriel
Lou Swanson (CO)
Dan Rossi (NJ)
Patsy Brannon (NY)
Executive Directors
SAES North Central Region
SAES North Central Region
SAES Northeastern Region
SAES Northeastern Region
SAES Southern Region
SAES Southern Region
SAES Western Region
SAES Western Region
ARD
ARD
CSREES
CSREES
CSREES
ARS
CROPS 99
FAIR 2002
ICOP
OSTP
Rural Sociology
Agricultural Economics
Human Ecology
Proposed assignment of target areas from
Strategic Plan
Strategic Target 2. Improve the effectiveness of agricultural
research management
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Share research management approaches and successful
leadership experiences
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Develop improved performance and accountability measures
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Develop, maintain, and share methods for documenting the
impacts of research
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Maintain an inventory of SAES System's capacity
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Verify the quality of scientific research, to ensure that research
investments are effectively allocated.
Proposed assignment of target areas from
Strategic Plan
Strategic Target 8. Organize the national research portfolio into a set of
discrete programs
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Give the SAES System's diversity of disciplines a voice in the creation of a
consensus ordering of research programs
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Reorganize the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy's
(ESCOP) Technical Committees
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Partner with the professional society activities (e.g., FAIR 2002, CROPS 99) for
planning national program activities
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Act as liaison with commodity groups to establish agreed programmatic priorities,
for mutual support
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Charge the identified program areas with responsibility for monitoring and
projecting needed capacity, planning research activities, and reporting
accomplishments.
Assigned subcommittees and other working
groups
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Ag Biotech Implementation Task Force (Joint ESCOP-ECOP)
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Food Safety (Joint ESCOP-ECOP) (Completed assignment 2/00)
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Pest Management Strategies (Joint ESCOP-ECOP)
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Roadmap Steering Committee
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Social Sciences Subcommittee
ESCOP-ECOP Agricultural Biotechnology
Implementation Task Force [Initiated 9/00]
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Purpose: Determine the research and educational
needs and opportunities related to biotechnology
issues and determine an appropriate role for the landgrant system in addressing these issues.
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Chair: Tom Hoban (NC)
Vice Chair: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes (MO)
Administrative Advisor: Johnny Wynne (NC)
ESCOP-ECOP Agricultural Biotechnology
Implementation Task Force documents
Working Documents:
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Ag Biotechnology Implementation Task Force Update: July, 2001
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Building Societal Consensus on Biotechnology: A Research and
Education Initiative [Posted 10/9/00]
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Ag Biotech Task Force Report – Agricultural Biotechnology:
Critical Issues and Recommended Responses from the LandGrant Universities (Posted 1/21/00)
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Task Force’s Suggested Action Steps for ESCOP (Posted 9/00)
ESCOP-ECOP Food Safety Subcommittee
Purpose: Determine the research and education needs and
opportunities related to food safety issues and determine an appropriate
role for the Land-Grant System in addressing these issues.
Chair: Jim Denton, University of Arkansas
Vice-Chair: (TBA)
Administrative Adviser: Darrell Nelson (NE)
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Working Documents:
Background Documents from Food Safety Task Force:
Task Force Recommendations: Priority on Importance and Impact with
Subsequent Action Steps [Posted 9/21/00]
Task Force – Ranked Recommendations [Posted 7/31/00]
Task Force Survey Questionnaire [Posted 7/31/00]
Task Force Final Report: Identifying Potential Contributions of the Land
Grant Universities for the Implementation of the Preliminary National
Food Safety Strategic Plan (June 2000)
ESCOP-ECOP Pest Management Strategies Subcommittee
Purpose: To effect communication between the
federal government and the SAES/CES Directors
and stakeholders; and to perform a liaison role with
the Office of Pest Management
ESCOP Chair: Frank Zalom (CA)
Working Committee:
National Biocontrol Working Group - Frank Gilstrap
(TX), AA
Science Roadmap Steering Committee
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Follow-up on the Science Road Map by
assessing human resource needs for the
changes recommended
 Online survey for academic, extension,
experiment station representatives
 Subcommittee: Sally Rockey, Lou Swanson,
Dan Rossi, Nancy Cox, Eric Young
Social Sciences Subcommittee
Purpose: Recommend specific action items to help the Land-Grant
System respond to high priority issues related to social concerns.
Continue to identify high priority research and education action items
leading to specific outcomes which will be attractive to funding agencies
to enable Land-Grant Systems to address social issues in a significant,
measurable way that will lead to sustained financial support for these
programs.
Chair: Stephan Goetz, NE Regional Center for Rural Development (Feb.
2003)
ESCOP Representative: Steve Pueppke (IL), Chair, ESCOP Science
and Technology Committee
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Working Documents:
Rural and Community Prosperity – Congressional briefing 7/20/01
Social Science Subcommittee report to ESCOP, annually
Ad Hoc Committee on TSE’s
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Request by Forrest Chumley (KS) to provide
leadership on transmissible spongioform
encephalopathies
Action: request to NC 505, a project designed for
research on TSE’s, to add communications experts to
their team
Desired result: communication of fact-based
information to the media and commodity
representatives