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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 group do you consider your primarily scientific affiliation: AAS, SPD, DPS, other
  2. At what kind of institution do you work? Res.U., FFRDC, Commercial, College, other
  3. What fraction of your salary comes from
  • your home institution?
  • competed research grants funded by NSF, NASA, DOE, other federal agencies
  • other projects funded by U.S. govt. agencies
  • grants on which you are the PI?
  • grants on which you are not the PI?
  1. If you are a PI
  • How many science FTE's are supported by grants on which you are the PI?

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