Current Research Information System (CRIS)
Current Research Information System (CRIS)
CRIS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) computer-based documentation and reporting system for ongoing agricultural, food and nutrition, biological, and forestry research. CRIS is designed to provide ready access to information about research conducted primarily within the USDA/state agricultural research system. However, CRIS also contains research information on projects conducted by the USGS Biological Resources Discipline (BRD). You can use CRIS to plan research, avoid costly duplication, determine current areas of emphasis, or establish valuable contacts.
Record Content
The basic unit of project documentation in CRIS is the Research Work Unit. Typically, this is a three- to five-year research activity at a single location. The research generally focuses on a clearly definable problem, a manageable phase of a larger problem, or a few closely related elements of a broad-based research program. Each project includes information on:
WHAT is being done.
WHO is doing it.
WHERE it is being conducted.
WHEN it is performed.
PROGRESS achieved.
PUBLICATIONS produced.
Subfiles. The CRIS technical database contains several subfiles on agricultural, biological, and related research conducted by other Federal agencies and foreign institutions. For example:
The BRD Science Information System (SIS) provides access to ongoing biological scientific research at the project level. More than 2,000 entries describe BRD research efforts.
The Human Nutrition Research and Information Management System (HNRIMS) subfile contains narrative summaries on approximately 4,000 projects that describe human nutrition research conducted or sponsored by participating Federal agencies. The subfile is prepared jointly by the USDA and the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Inventory of Canadian Agri-Food Research (ICAR) subfile is a comprehensive, up-to-date database for agricultural and food research in Canada. ICAR describes over 4,000 projects from industry, universities, and provincial and federal establishments and is produced by the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council.
The Czech Agricultural Research Information System (CZARIS) subfile describes some 200 current Czech agricultural, forestry, and food and nutrition research projects and is produced by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Information, Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.
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