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Survey of Research-Oriented Faculty, Evaluation of the Research Office

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  • 50 Pages
  • November 2024
  • Region: Global
  • Primary Research Group
  • ID: 6026813

This study looks at how research oriented college and university faculty evaluate the research office entrusted with helping them to win and manage grants from funding sources such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and many other public and private sources. The report provides specific data sets on faculty satisfaction with research office help on finding grants, writing grants, provision of grants or funding databases, and help with one own university’s funding sources and initiatives to complement outside sources.  In an open ended question, survey participants discuss what they would most like to see from their research offices.

Just a few of this report’s many findings are that:

  • Faculty at public institutions generally gave more favorable ratings than those at private institutions, particularly in areas like knowledge of fellowships and grant writing support.
  • Larger and mid-sized institutions generally received better ratings than smaller institutions, likely reflecting more resources and services available to faculty at these larger universities.
  • 18.52% of respondents felt that their research offices had an “excellent” knowledge of proposal writing.

The data in the report is based on a survey of 378 higher education faculty drawn from a stratified universe of faculty emphasizing STEM faculty. Data is broken out by numerous institutional and personal variables including college or university type, size, and public/private status, as well as by personal respondent level of lifetime grant receipts, age, gender, work title and academic field. Data is broken out for 20 subject areas, and separately for research universities, doctoral institutions, BA and community colleges.

Table of Contents

THE QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Characteristics of the sample
  • Institutional Affiliations of the Survey Participants
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
  • Summary of Faculty Satisfaction with the Office of Research and Grants
  • Satisfaction with Research Office’s Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing
  • Satisfaction with Research Office’s  Knowledge of Available Fellowships
  • Satisfaction with Research Office’s Knowledge of Databases and Other Resources to Search for Grant Sources
  • Satisfaction with Research Office’s Ability to Lobby for Your Discipline in University Funding Initiatives
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services?
Table 1.1.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars.
Table 1.1.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.1.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by academic field
Table 1.1.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.1.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.1.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.1.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by number of courses taught last semester
Table 1.1.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by lifetime grant receipts
Table 1.1.9 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Sources of Grants for Scholars. Broken out by type of college or Carnegie Class
Table 1.2.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing.
Table 1.2.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.2.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by academic field
Table 1.2.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.2.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.2.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.2.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by number of courses taught last semester
Table 1.2.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by lifetime grant receipts
Table 1.2.9 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Grant/Proposal Writing. Broken out by type of college or Carnegie Class
Table 1.3.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships.
Table 1.3.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.3.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by academic field
Table 1.3.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.3.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.3.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.3.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by number of courses taught last semester
Table 1.3.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by lifetime grant receipts
Table 1.3.9 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Knowledge of Available Fellowships. Broken out by type of college or Carnegie Class
Table 1.4.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources.
Table 1.4.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.4.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by academic field
Table 1.4.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.4.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.4.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.4.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by number of courses taught last semester
Table 1.4.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by lifetime grant receipts
Table 1.4.9 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Databases and other Resources to Search for Grant Sources. Broken out by type of college or Carnegie Class
Table 1.5.1 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives.
Table 1.5.2 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.5.3 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by academic field
Table 1.5.4 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.5.5 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.5.6 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.5.7 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by number of courses taught last semester
Table 1.5.8 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by lifetime grant receipts
Table 1.5.9 How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your general university office if this is one that you deal with) on the following services? Ability to Lobby for the you or your discipline in University Funding Initiatives. Broken out by type of college or Carnegie Class
What could your department or research office be doing better to help you in your procurement or management of research grants?

Sources / Contributors

  • Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Alfred University
  • Alvin Community College
  • Ann Closs Farley Designs
  • Antelope Valley College
  • Ashland University
  • AthLEDA
  • Auburn University
  • Austin College
  • Austin Peay State University
  • Azusa Pacific University/ UCLA
  • Ball State University
  • Benedict College
  • Borough of Manhattan Community College
  • Bowie State University
  • Brigham Young University
  • Cal State University San Bernardino
  • California Baptist University
  • California College of the Arts
  • California State University Channel Islands
  • California State University Los Angeles
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • Caltech
  • Cassel
  • Central Texas College
  • Central Washington University
  • Champlain College
  • Chapman University
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Clark University
  • Clemson University
  • College of Staten Island & The Graduate Center CUNY
  • College of William & Mary
  • Concordia College
  • Cornell University
  • CSU, Los Angeles
  • CU Anschutz Medical School/ Children's Hospital Colorado
  • CU Denver
  • Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts Un
  • Dartmouth College
  • Delaware State University
  • Denison University
  • Dona Ana Community College/NMSU
  • Drexel University
  • FCCSM
  • Felician University
  • Florida International University
  • Florida State University
  • Fort Scott Community College-part Of Eastern Iowa Cc District
  • Fresno Pacific University
  • Gambia College
  • George Mason University
  • Georgetown University LCCC
  • Georgia Gwinnett College
  • Grand Valley State University
  • GVSU
  • Hartnell College Umoja
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Hawaii Pacific University
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
  • Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Indiana University
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Iowa State University
  • JILA
  • John Jay College
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Johnson County Community College
  • Kansas State University
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology
  • Lamar Community College
  • Lawrence University
  • Liberty University
  • Los Angeles Pierce College
  • Louisiana Tech University
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • LSCC
  • LSUHSC
  • Macomb Community College
  • Maharishi International University
  • Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Marymount University
  • Massasoit Community College
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Mercer
  • Metropolitan College of NY
  • Midlands Technical College
  • Monmouth College
  • Montana State University
  • Morehouse School of Medicine
  • National University
  • Neuroscience Institute - GSU
  • New England Institute of Technology
  • Northeastern University
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Northwell Health
  • Northwell Health Hofstra
  • Northwestern University
  • Nova Southeastern University
  • Ohio University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Old Dominion University
  • Oregon State University
  • OSU-COM
  • Penn State College of Medicine
  • Penn State University
  • Penn West Edinboro
  • Rhode Island College
  • Rhodes College
  • Rice University
  • Rio Hondo College
  • Rollins College
  • Rosalind Franklin University
  • Rowan University
  • Rutgers University
  • Saint Leo University
  • Salem State University
  • School of Med, UCI
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Shadow Industries
  • Sierra College
  • Southern Union State Community College
  • Southwest Minnesota State University
  • Spokane Falls Community College
  • Stockton University
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • SUNY- University at Buffalo
  • SUO
  • Talladega College
  • Tarrant County College
  • TCU
  • Teachers College, Columbia Univ.
  • Temple University
  • Tennessee State University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • The Culinary Institute of America
  • The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Cen
  • The University of Oklahoma
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Touro University California
  • Towson University
  • TRIO SSS
  • Troy University
  • Tufts University
  • UB
  • UC
  • UC Riverside
  • UCCS 
  • UCH
  • UMHB
  • UNCW
  • Univ Massachusetts Chan Medical School
  • Univ of Colorado at Boulder
  • University at Buffalo
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Denver
  • University of Erlangen
  • University of Florida
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Mississippi
  • University of Nebraska
  • University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of North Texas
  • University of North Texas Health Science Center
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of South Alabama
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of South Dakota
  • University of South Florida, Department of Chemistry
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • University of Texas at Tyler
  • University of the Incarnate Word
  • University of TN - Martin
  • University of Utah
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • USC
  • UT Dallas
  • UT Southwestern
  • Utah State University
  • Utah state university
  • UTSA
  • UVA Center for Politics
  • Walla Walla University
  • Washington State University
  • Wayne State University
  • West Virginia University
  • Western New Mexico University
  • Western Washington University
  • Whitworth University
  • Wichita State University
  • WSU Lake
  • Yeshiva University
  • Yuba Community College

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