Evidence of Competitiveness | Securing Funding

Measure Overview

Items in this scale capture different activities that measure career stage-appropriate evidence of success and competitiveness in biomedical science, including securing funding for research.

Measure Information

Prompt (Undergraduates, Graduates, and Postdocs): Which of the following have you done in the past year [insert other time frame if you are not surveying annually]

  • Worked as a researcher (e.g. research assistant) on an NIH-funded research grant (1)
  • Received a training grant, was supported on a training grant, etc. (2)
  • Presented a poster or talk as part of a local program or event (3)
  • Helped submit a proposal for an NIH-funded grant (4)

Postdocs Only:

  • Submitted a proposal in which you were the PI for an NIH-funded grant (5)
  • Presented a poster at a regional, national, or international conference (6)
  • Presented a talk at a regional, national, or international conference (7)
  • Participated in writing a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal (8)
  • Published an article in a peer-reviewed journal (9)
  • I don’t know (10)

Prompt (Faculty):Which of the following have you done in the past year [insert other time frame if you are not surveying annually]

  • Served as a Principal Investigator of an NIH-funded research grant (1)
  • Served as Principal Investigator of any other extramural (other government, foundation, corporate, or other) research grants (2)
  • Presented a poster or talk as part of a local program or event (3)
  • Submitted a proposal for which you were the PI for an NIH-funded grant (4)
  • Presented a poster at a regional, national, or international conference (5)
  • Presented a talk at a regional, national, or international conference (6)
  • Participated in writing a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal (7)
  • Published an article in a peer-reviewed journal (8)
  • I don’t know (9)
  • All participants

STU-12 | STU-14

FAC-8 | FAC-9 | FAC-10

N/A

N/A

These measures do not have published evidence of validity. They were adapted from the DPC’s Consortium-Wide Evaluation Plan measures intended to stay informed on a participant’s competitiveness and their engagement in activities to secure funding.