Instructions for IPM Project Reports

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Report Submission

A. Please submit your report in all following 3 formats by the due date:

1. Send the report as a MS Word file to Janet Garlick.
2. Send the report as a single PDF file to Janet Garlick.
3. Send a hard copy to:
   Janet Garlick, NYS IPM Program,
   630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456-0462;
   (through campus mail to Box 15 Kennedy Hall).

B. Format your document as follows:

1. One-inch margins;
2. Times New Roman 12 point or similar font, single-spaced; no page numbers
3. Left-justify all headings and text
4. Attach printed version with a paper clip; do not staple

C. In order to make your report searchable in our databases, please separately submit keywords as an MS Word document with your report.  Keywords must be chosen from the lists on the Keywords List page.  Further instructions are included in the keyword lists.

Report Format

1. Title:

Use the same title as on your proposal.

2. Project Leader(s):

Names and affiliations of the principal investigator(s).

3. Cooperator(s):

Names and affiliations.

4. Abstract:

Write the abstract for a lay audience. Indicate the significance of the work, why you chose to pursue it, and what was learned or accomplished. For examples of NYS IPM project abstracts, see Results of Research Projects Funded by the NYS IPM Program.

5. Background and justification:

Summarize pertinent IPM efforts, the need, and producer interest. Tell how the project addresses commodity priorities and how it might address water quality or the FQPA.

6. Objectives:

State these the same as they appear on your original grant proposal.

7. Procedures:

Methods and materials for each objective including the evaluation component.

8. Results and discussion:

The most valuable IPM Research and Development project reports address:

1. What reductions in pesticide use or risk could result from this work?
2. How many growers or acres could benefit from this work?
3. What increases in yield could result from this work?
4. What economic and environmental values and benefits could growers reap from this work?
5. What damage could ensue—in environmental degradation, yields lost, costs of production increasing—if your research can’t be implemented?
6. How could this research, if used, reduce costs or improve profits for growers; what might those costs or profits be: per acre, per bushel, etc?
7. What needs to be done to assure that this research is used?
8. What might it cost to implement your research findings?
9. How will this new knowledge add to our understanding of pest management?
10. What part of this project is ready for commercial use?
11. Does part of this project need commercial-level testing before it can be fully put into place?
12. What part of this project requires more research or demonstration?
13. What other criteria have you used to evaluate the success of this research?

The most valuable IPM Implementation projects reports address:

1. What impact does this project have on growers’ pest management practices?
2. How many producers/practitioners and acres have been affected by this project?
3. To what extent have growers/practitioners adopted these methods?
4. How would you compare or characterize pest management practices of participants and non-participants?
5. What impact has this project had on yield, quality, or pesticide use?
6. What economic benefits have resulted or could be reaped?
7. How would you characterize the costs of this project?
8. What progress has been made in moving this project into the private sector?
9. Have growers, consultants, etc. been active participants in managing the program?
10. How has this project been publicized to growers, the public, or stakeholders?
11. Has this project benefited growers/practitioners through positive public relations?
12. Has this project benefited the local CCE effort?
13. What needs to be done in the future to maintain or improve this project’s impact?
14. What other criteria have you used to evaluate the success of this project?

9. Project location(s):

For demonstration/education projects: list the counties in which your work occurred.

For research projects: where might your findings be applied? For example, "eastern NY, "all of NY," "throughout the Northeast," or "nationally."

10. Samples of resources developed: (if applicable)

If you created any educational resources, please send a sample—preferably an original. Include:

• publications
• website/electronic newsletters (include full URL or sign-up procedure)
• videos
• displays (if possible, send a color photograph, pdf file, or other representation),
• evaluations,
• survey results,
• quotes from participants,
• color photographs

The most useful photographs:

1. Are usually close-ups of people, animals, or pests.
2. Show interaction and interest
3. Show people (cooperators, colleagues, yourself) at work; using tools or machinery, scouting, planting, examining, harvesting, relating to customers, etc.
4. Show the setting where your work is done
5. Are high resolution jpegs (300 ppi)