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About NPRA:

The National Program Retrospective Assessment (NPRA) is an independent internal evaluation of the impact and outcome of each of the 15 nationally focused, scientifically based ARS research programs based in the Office of National Programs (ONP). 

This review process is a collaboration with the National Program Leaders (NPLs) for each national program. On a 5-year cyclic basis, accomplishment documents are compiled and prepared for review by an external panel of scientific experts.  For each individual program, these experts critique and assess the success which has been achieved based on the current National Program Action Plan.

 

Time Frame:

The NPRA occurs during the fourth year of the 5- year program cycle. Internal users can access the NPRA Checklist and template documents here.

 

Audience:

Customers, stakeholders and partners, ARS managers, ARS scientists, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

 

Evaluators:

External experts from academia, stakeholders, and government free of conflicts of interests.

Click for Conflict of Interest and Panelist Information forms.

 

Timeline:

The NPRA process can be viewed as five distinct events with an overall time of 4-6 months from start to finish./ARSUserFiles/osqr/img/NPRA timeline.png

Current NPRA Schedule (updated December 2022):

National

Program

Kickoff

Meeting

Panel

Meeting

Panel Report

(Executive Summary)

103

February 2020 July 2020 July 2020
211 February 2020 July 2020

August 2020

303 February 2020 June 2020

July 2020

101 July 2020 December 2020

December 2020

301 January 2021 July 2021

July 2021

216 August 2021 December 2021

January 2022

107

January 2022

 May 2022 June 2022
215

May 2022

 September 2022 September 2022 
104

August 2022

December 2022   
106      

 

For more information regarding the NPRA, please visit our Axon page (for internal users only).