Work Plan for the University of Washington In Managing and Facilitating A Scientific Review Process for CMER by the Independent Scientific Peer Review Program

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE
SEATTLE,WA 98195

Performing Department
Forest Ecology

Non Technical Summary
The Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program's Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) needs to have an independent review process for evaluating research designs and research and monitoring reports that may be used in support of future forest practices rule changes or the creation of new rules. This project is a continuation of an Independent Scientific Peer Review program that will manage and facilitate scientific review for the CMER.

Animal Health Component

100%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

(N/A)

Applied

100%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
123	7310	3100	100%

Knowledge Area
123 - Management and Sustainability of Forest Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
7310 - Experimental design and statistical methods;

Field Of Science
3100 - Management;

Keywords

research institutions

research management

forestry law

silvicultural practices

environmental monitoring

decision support systems

Goals / Objectives
The Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program's Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) needs to have an independent review process for evaluating research designs and research and monitoring reports that may be used in support of future forest practices rule changes or the creation of new rules. This project continues an Independent Scientific Review program that will manage and facilitate scientific review for CMER.The previous time period of this project was reported in REEport on Project Number WNZ-1142, Accession Number 202893.

Project Methods
1. Obtain a prospective list of Fiscal Year 2014 projects from the Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program's Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) to identify and prioritize subject areas needing support; there are potentially 14 one-stage final reports and two two-stage final reports for review by the Independent Scientific Peer Review program (ISPR), also known as Scientific Review Committee, SRC, at the University of Washington.2. Evaluate existing reviewer guidelines and key questions to identify areas that can be changed or improved from the previous year's approach. This step will be done by the managing editor in conjunction with CMER. Reviewer guidelines will be changed as appropriate following the evaluation.3. Provide scientific peer review of CMER documents submitted to the University of Washington for that purpose.4. Expand and update the database of potential reviewers created over the past year and a half. Developing a complete and relevant list of reviewers is an on-going process.

Progress 01/21/14 to 06/30/18

Outputs
Target Audience: Nothing Reported Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? We reported on this Washington State Department of Natural Resources award as a state project in REEport simply so that it would appear in our financial report templates. The final progress report submitted to the sponsor is available upon request.

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