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Invasive Species Management: Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM)

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Under the Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), ERS conducts intramural research and funds extramural research to support the economic basis of decisionmaking concerning invasive species issues, policies, and programs. PREISM focuses on economic issues related to invasive species of agricultural significance or other pests that fall under USDA programs. These include exotic pests of crop, forest, and range land (such as insects, weeds, and disease-causing pathogens), and foreign livestock, poultry, and zoonotic diseases (transmittable between animals and humans), but also exotic pests and foreign diseases affecting public lands, ecosystems, and urban systems. USDA programs that address invasive species relate to exclusion, detection, monitoring, eradication, control, and restoration, and their domestic and international components.

Funded Projects

ERS has funded extramural research through the PREISM competitive award program since 2003. The competitive program funded:

Program themes include international dimensions of invasive species prevention and management; development and application of methods to analyze important invasive species issues, policies, and programs; and analysis of economic, institutional, and behavioral factors affecting decisions to prevent or manage invasive species. A summary document details PREISM objectives and activities and reports accomplishments for fiscal years 2003-2011. Included are descriptions of the extramural research program and all funded projects, and a list of project outputs.

ERS bases its decision to fund extramural research through PREISM on the availability of funds each fiscal year. Awards for grants and cooperative agreements range from $50,000 to $250,000. Requests for proposals are generally announced in February of each year, with proposals due in late April. Proposals are competitively selected for funding through the use of peer review panels. Many successful proposals have focused on economic research, evaluation, modeling, and/or decision support system development with direct implications for USDA policies and programs that protect, control, manage, or regulate invasive species, or trade policy relating to invasive species.

PREISM competitive funding by priority research area, fiscal years 2003-07* d

PREISM Activities Report—Under the Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), ERS supports and conducts research to improve the economic basis of decisionmaking concerning invasive issues, policies, and programs. The report details the objectives and activities of PREISM and reports important accomplishments for fiscal years 2003-2011. Included are descriptions of the extramural research program and all funded projects, and a list of project outputs.

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Updated date: May 16, 2011