USDA NIFA Recruiting SCRI Industry Reviewers (Paid Opportunity)

[Kristen Devlin]

Hello PASA community!

I'm sharing the opportunity below on behalf of Jessica Shade, USDA NIFA. NIFA is recruiting Specialty Crop industry representatives through November to review applications for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

Details below. Feel free to share with your networks and reach out to Jessica directly with questions.

Thanks,

Kristen

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NIFA is recruiting industry representatives (growers, packers, shippers, staff from organizations that represent specialty crops, etc.) to review pre-applications for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) for 2025. This is an opportunity for commodity sectors to make sure that SCRI projects are tackling a critical need for the sector.  The time commitment for a relevancy reviewer is about 15-20 hours total, spread over 2 months (January-February). For more information, see our SCRI Relevance Review website. 

 

This year, the review panels will take place for about 1.5 hours during the week of February 3^rd. 

 

If you are interested: 

1.       Complete this scheduling poll noting that you’re available to review and indicating your area of expertise: https://forms.office.com/g/9Y2mRdmibV    

2.       Create or update your account on our Peer Review System (PRS) at https://prs.nifa.usda.gov/

3.       If you are a new reviewer or your information has changed since you last reviewed, please email the SCRI team at sm.nif...@usda.gov with your name, email, phone number, employer and address. 

Reviewers can receive an honorarium of $265 for completing their reviews and attending panel, and an extra $265 for completing the reviewer training.

 

If you have any questions about the role and duties of industry relevance reviewers, please reach out to the SCRI Relevance Review Panel Manger, Kay Rentzel (ksre...@aol.com) 

 

Please note: Academic scientists and USDA employees are ineligible from serving as relevance reviewers (Extension agents are ok).

 

Thank you, and let me know if you have any questions!

 

Jessica

 

Jessica Shade, PhD (she/her) National Program Leader USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Location: California, CA Phone 831-278-2073

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