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Who can use the CRIS Web forms

If you are affiliated with a land grant university you may submit AD-416/417/2008, AD-421 Progress/Termination reports and AD-419 forms using the CRIS Web forms. Each institution will need to identify a CRIS contact person (Site Contact) and supply a working email address. The Site Contact will be responsible for distributing Web forms instructions and coordinating all data submission. If you are affiliated with a land grant institution check the list of participating sites.

If you are not affiliated with a land grant university, you may still submit AD-416/417, AD-421 Progress/Termination reports and AD-419 forms using the CRIS Web forms by selecting the NSCG Non-State Cooperator Grants site for your state or region. The CRIS office will send Web forms instructions to the principal investigator for all required AD-421 and AD-419 reports.

Any Higher Education Program, International Program, or Multicultural Alliance grantee may use the SERD option to complete the AD-416/417 and AD-421 forms. If you are affiliated with a CSREES state partner institution, please check with your administrative site contact to find out how SERD grants are to be handled at your site before entering the AD-416/417 forms.

Advantages of using the Web Forms instead of paper forms

The Web Forms system is readily accessible to Principal Investigators and administrators for completing their CRIS forms and reports.

Help and detailed explanations are available for each information field to be completed. The system is available to all users; whether they have PC, Mac, or Unix computers.

It is accessible from anywhere an Internet connection can be made.

From any campus office through the campus network, dial-up through an Internet service provider at remote stations, or even at home.

Web Forms limits input to the correct CRIS format.

Web Forms data checking accepts only the allowable number of characters and also checks to be sure information entered is correct before it is submitted.

CRIS needs to have all forms submitted electronically.

If you are still submitting on paper, use of Web Forms eliminates costly data entry at CRIS that can delay processing and introduce errors.

The information entered becomes immediately available on the Web.

A participating site's data is automatically available for creating web-ready custom lists and reports or downloading for your own use. Management of your site's data can be done from Web Forms' Administrative functions.

Less administrative time will be spent processing and submitting the required reports.

Investigators input directly to Web Forms. No data file transfer is needed.

How to get started

Detailed tutorial materials and instructions for investigators are available. Administrative users should start with the Tour of CRIS Web Forms link from the About Us page for a hands-on explanation.

To find out more about how you can use CRIS Web Forms, contact Sue Lang by email: slang@uvm.edu.