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Sample questions that go beyond the Von Hippel Survey

1. (Prisca) Questions which try to access community response to possible "solutions"

Answer these questions with a scale: strongly agree <--> neutral <--> strongly disagree)
  • How would the following actions by the funding agencies affect you?
    • Limiting applicants to one PI or CoI proposal per year:
      • would increase the time I could spend on my research
      • would reduce my chances for tenure.
      • would cause me to leave the field.
      • would reduce the number of proposals I submit.
      • would improve the quality of those proposals I submit
      • would reduce the size of my research group
    • Calling for proposals every other year
      • Etc..
    • Introducing a pre-proposal stage
      • Etc…
    • Introducing an exploratory stage with minimal funding.
      • Etc…
    • Reducing the amount of funding for individual proposals
      • Etc..
    • Eliminating one-

2. Personal Choices, tracking futures

  • If my proposal is rejected, (choose one answer that best represents your action)
    • I resubmit the same proposal the next year
    • I submit a different type of proposal the next year
    • I support my research on someone else's grant
    • I submit a similar proposal to a different federal funding source
    • I submit a similar proposal to a private funding source
    • I concentrate on other aspects of my job (e.g. teaching)
  • If I am unsuccessful at obtaining federal funding for 5 years, I am most likely to
    • Switch research fields
    • Switch jobs into something that does not require resea
    • Concentrate on non-federal funding sources
    • Move to another country in order to pursue the same research field

3. Demographics

  1. Which professional organization do you consider your primarily scientific affiliation: AAS, SPD, DPS, other
  2. At what type of institution do you work? Res.U., 2 or 4-yr College, FFRDC, Commercial, other
  3. How many years has it been since you received your terminal degree?
  4. What fraction of your own salary comes from
    1. your home institution?
    2. federally funded competed research grants/contracts (CRG/Cs)?
    3. other projects funded by U.S. govt. agencies (e.g. a NASA mission)?
    4. other sources?
    5. CRG/Cs on which you are the PI?
    6. CRG/Cs on which you are not the PI?
  5. How many CRG/Cs support your own work (at >5% per year)?
  6. Have you submitted a PI proposal in the last 5 years?
  7. If so:
    1. For how many competed research grants/contracts (CRG/Cs)are you the PI?
    2. How many science FTE's are supported by CRG/Cs on which you are the PI?
    3. How many CRG/Cs does it take to support one FTE of science effort?
    4. What has been your personal experience over the last 5 years in terms of proposal success rate?
    5. Over the last 5/10 years, how many initially unsuccessful proposals have you resubmitted in subsequent competitions?
  8. Has your research group gained or lost people over the last 5 years?
  9. In the last 5 years have you, because of funding, changed your professional activities (left the field, retired, worked reduced hours, etc.)
  10. Have you or anyone in your research group left the field?
    1. Were you/they early, mid, or late career?
    2. Where did you/they go?
  11. Have you or anyone in your research group joined the field?
    1. Were you/they early, mid, or late career?
    2. Where did you/they come from?
  12. How many scientists do you consider to be part of your research group?
  13. Does the current CRG/C success rate affect your ability to attract students? Postdocs? Others?
  14. What do you think is the cause of reduced CRG/C success rates?
  15. What is the biggest impact of CRG/C success rate declines over the last several years?
  16. What do you think should be done to address the CRC/C success-rate issue?

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aaac/newsurvey.txt · Last modified: 2015/10/23 13:49 by todd_hoeksema

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