Measure Overview
“An abbreviated inventory of grantsmanship skills, self-efficacy is a promising tool for monitoring changes over time in early career researchers and for promoting tailored grantsmanship interventions” (Harwood et al., 2018). In other words, this scale assesses and individual’s confidence in their ability to perform grant-writing tasks. Please see citation for access to full scale.
Measure Information
- Question
- Target Population
- NIH DPC Hallmark
- Key Citations
- Instructions
- Validity Evidence and Other Information
The measure was first published and developed in its original form by Harwood et. al., 2019 and therefore under copyright by the New York Academy of Sciences.
Please see the original citation for full scale and more information.
Faculty/Mentor
FAC-7
Harwood, E. M., Jones, A. R., Erickson, D., Buchwald, D., Johnson-Hemming, J., Jones, H. P., Manson, S., McGee, R., Smith, A., Steer, C. J., Vishwanatha, J. K., Weber-Main, A. M., & Okuyemi, K. S. (2019). Early career biomedical grantsmanship self-efficacy: validation of an abbreviated self-assessment tool. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1445(1), 17–26. doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13995
The instrument is designed to be self-administered. Trainees are expected to be surveyed pre-training, post-training and at least every 6 months thereafter for at least 3 times (18 months post training) to measure confidence changes over time and predict an outcome of success as measured by evidence of (1) having submitting a grant application and (2) receiving a grant award. The 11-point scale (0–10) is interpreted where 0 represents no confidence/no experience or exposure (which is reasonable for some early career researchers depending on their background) and 10 indicates complete confidence in one’s ability to successfully perform the tasks related to three domains of conceptualizing, designing, and funding a study.
n = 190 participants met criteria for inclusion in a preliminary study of NRMN GCP trainees. Results of factor analysis revealed that pre-, post-, and 6-month followup measured showed internal consistency within the items measured for each factor. In addition, a very early examination of improvement over time for the study participants showed most significant self-efficacy improvements in groups who were less prepared to write a research grant proposal. To date, the GCP Phase I self-efficacy data are understudied. Please see citation for access to full scale.