2026​

• Letter of support for AFRI to Ranking Members of House and Senate Subcommittees on Agriculture (signed by agInnovation Northeast) - March 9, 2026

• Letter to ranking members of US House and Senate Agriculture Subcommittees on FY 2027 302(b) Allocation—Support for a Robust Allocation for the Agriculture Appropriations Bill, February 2026

• agInnovation Northeast Comments on the Research Facilities Act, February 2026

• Seeking High-Impact Research Descriptions from agInnovation Northeast Members (agInnovation Northeast OED), February 02, 2026

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2025

• Letter to USDA NIFA Director Jaye Hamby Expressing Concerns Over the Closure of the Northeast IPM Center, November 14, 2025

• Letter on USDA Reorganization to Secretary Brooke Rollins from agInnovation Northeast, August 31, 2025

• Letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins from NEED and agInnovation Northeast, April 2025

• agInnovation Northeast:  Input to the NRSP Review Committee, April 2025

• Letter of support for AFRI to Ranking Members of House and Senate Subcommittees on Agriculture (signed by agInnovation Northeast) - April 1, 2025

• Letter of support for U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (ASTA Letter signed by agInnovation Northeast) - March 18, 2025

• Farm Progression Survey (PA Department of Agriculture, Penn State Extension, and PA Farm Link) - March 2025

• NCFAR USDA Transition Team Memo:  Enhancing Federal Investment in Food & Agricultural Research, Education, Economics, and Extension - January 2025

 

2024

• NCFAR FY2025 Appropriations Request - March 22, 2024

• Building a Better America:  Rhode Island (Comments Submitted to the White House by Rick Rhodes), January 10, 2024

2022

• NERA Comments Submitted to NIFA Listens Organizers (Rick Rhodes), November 28, 2022

• Letter to ranking members of US House and Senate Agriculture Subcommittees on FY23 Funding and support for USDA research programs, October 17, 2022

• New Capacity Funds Reporting Requirements (reporting on “Performance Site Locations” and “Project Abstract Forms”), Deb Hamernik, USDA-NIFA, September 29, 2022

• 2023 Farm Bill:  Title VII Policy Recommendations, APLU BAA, September 7, 2022

• ESS Brand and Digital Marketing Committee pre-meeting correspondence, Chris Pritsos, ESS Chair, August 31, 2022

• NEED/NERA Comments to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Blue Ribbon Committee on Enhancing Coordination Between Land-grant Universities and Colleges, May 6, 2022

• Request for Applications, National Aquaculture Extension Conference 2022 Travel Awards (Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center), April 04, 2022

• Letter signed by ESS/ESCOP Chair Chris Pritsos to BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee Chair and BAA Policy Board of Directors Chair, March 17, 2022

• NERA Feedback on Climate Change Submitted to NIFA Institute of Bioenergy, Climate and Environment, February 4, 2022

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2021

• Letter to US Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi on $7.75B agricultural research investment, October 14, 2021

• Letter to USDA ARS Colleagues on USDA COVID-19 Vaccine Protocol, September 28, 2021

• Memo on NIFA Review of Hatch Multistate Proposals, for NIFA Director Carrie Castille from Michael Fitzner (NIFA PARS Director) and Parag Chitnis (NIFA Associate Director), August 6, 2021

• NERA Comments Submitted to NIFA Listens Organizers on REE Priorities, June 24, 2021

• Memo to Experiment Station Section from ESCOP Chair Moses Kairo announcing Wendie Cohick (Rutgers) as ESS Representative on the Communications and Marketing Committee, June 11, 2021

• Letter signed by NERA to President Biden in support of funding for Agricultural Research Infrastructure, June 8, 2021

• Letter signed by NERA to US Congressional Leadership in support of funding for Agricultural Research Infrastructure, June 8, 2021

• Letter signed by NERA to Ranking Members of US Senate and House Agriculture Committees in support of funding for Agricultural Research Infrastructure, May 03, 2021

• Letter signed by NERA to Ranking Members of US Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committees in support of the America Grows act of 2021, April 26, 2021

• Letter signed by NERA to US Budget and Appropriations Committees supporting increased FY2022 discretionary allocations (302[a]) to support USDA programs, March 19, 2021

• NERA Executive Committee second letter to APLU-BAA Agricultural Research Infrastructure Advocacy (ARIA) advisory group, March 10, 2021

• Letter to USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack from agricultural R&D programs (signed by NERA), March 01, 2021

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Request for Information (RFI) on its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan:  NEED/NERA Response, January 25, 2021

• NERA Executive Committee letter to APLU-BAA Agricultural Research Infrastructure Advocacy (ARIA) advisory group, January 15, 2021

• National Impacts Database memo to NERA, January 07, 2021

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2020

• USDA Ag Innovation Agenda: Comments from the Northeast (NERA and NEED), July 14, 2020

• NC-FAR Letter in Support of USDA's Innovation Agenda, April 06, 2020

• NERA Memo to NIFA Director on COVID-19 Assistance for Research, Graduate Students, and Post-Docs , April 06, 2020

• Food Innovation Centers in the Northeast, February 18, 2020

• State Departments of Agriculture and Relationships with NERA, February 13, 2020

• NERA Suggestions on "Reimagining NIFA", January 28, 2020​

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2019

• NERA Comments on Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program, December 2019

• NERA Institutions:  Lab Space Allocation Policies, November 2019

• NE Regional Symposium: Ecosystem Agriculture & Ecosystem Services (DRAFT Socializing Document), October 2019

• NERA Thoughts on NIFA Relocation, June 2019

• NERA Recommendations on Match / IDC Cap, April 2019

• NERA Memos on National Impact Database Participation, April 2019

• NERA Response to NRSP-RC, April 2019

• Strategic Realignment Summary and Supporting Materials, February 2019

• NERA Institutions' Financial Management of Capacity Funds, January 2019

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2018

• 2018 Farm Bill Implementation Comments

• NERA Response to National Impact Database Committee and ESCOP, 2018

• NERA Institutional Teaching Expectations, 2018

• NERA Comments Submitted to NIFA Listens Organizers (Rick Rhodes), November 30, 2018

• National Impact Database Submissions from NERA, November 19, 2018

• Comments Delivered at NIFA Listens Session in Hartford, CT (Rick Rhodes), October 11, 2018

• Institutional F&A Rates:  Off-campus Rate Policies at NERA Institutions, September 2018

• A Response from NERA to the NRSP Review Committee - March 27, 2018

• Sampling of Communications Strategic Plans at NERA Institutions, February 2018

 

2017

• NERA/SAAESD/NCRA/WAAESD Strategies on Competitive Allocation of Capacity Funds, June 2017​

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