Methods:• Compile NIFA Water Portfolio (formula and non-

formula grants) • Geospatial mapping• Project Director Survey• Regional and National Project Director Interviews• State-level focus groups• Case studies• Identify science priorities within the Water

Portfolio to address future funding priorities• Deliver results (NIFA staff, national meetings,

land grant university Extension and Experiment Station Directors)

This work is funded by USDA-NIFA Grant #2014-51130-22496

A Synthesis of the NIFA Water Portfolio (2000-2013): Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Michael P. O’Neill, University of ConnecticutLinda Stalker Prokopy, Purdue University

Objectives:• Determine lessons learned, critical findings, and

outcomes of water projects• Evaluate effectiveness of different scaled

approaches to promote solutions • Demonstrate examples of synergies and failed

synergies among projects and how these synergies improved leveraging

• Identify water quality/quantity issues where future NIFA funding should focus

Number of projects

Total Projects 2000-2013

Total Dollars 2000-2013

Our Team:Laura Esman, Purdue University Art Gold, URISarah Church, Purdue University Kelly Addy, URIEmily Wilson, UConn

Final survey emailed to Project Directors for completion (54% response rate)