DOE Technical Manpower Online Survey

Department of Energy
R&D Manpower Survey
Unless otherwise indicated, respondents will be prompted with a Yes/No radio button
control for Yes/No questions, or with a box that accepts numeric input for questions that
require numbers.

Introduction
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. The information you provide here
will be kept confidential, and will be used to help the Department of Energy understand the
impact of its grants on scientific and technical training. It will not be used to evaluate your
research project.
This survey should take about 12 to 15 minutes to complete.
Please refer to the pre-notification email to find the DOE grant number that is the subject of
this survey.
1. Have you received our letter describing the purpose of this survey?
2. Does this grant have any subcontractors?
IF YES:

a. Please provide the name of the principal investigators and contact
information for each subcontractor.

Subcontract

PI Name (DOE,

Phone Number

Email address

Number

John)

(xxx-xxx-xxxx)

(johndoe@ucl
a.edu)

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another table to add more subcontractors.]
3. Excluding subcontractors, is the research under this grant conducted at multiple
sites?
IF YES:
a. Please provide the name of the principal investigators and contact
information for each alternative site.

Site Number

PI Name (DOE,

Phone Number

Email address

John)

(xxx-xxx-xxxx)

(johndoe@ucl
a.edu)

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Graduate Students
The following questions concern your research activities, excluding any subcontractors or
alternative sites. Graduate students include both Ph.D. and Masters students.
4. Does this grant currently employ any graduate students?
IF YES:
a. How many graduate students (full- or part-time) are currently employed by
this grant?
[IF 0, WILL SKIP TO QUESTION 6]
b. How many hours per week must a graduate student work to be considered a
full-time employee of the project?

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Hours

Don’t Know

c. How many graduate students are currently employed full-time by this grant?
d. How many Ph.D. students (full- or part-time) are currently employed by this
grant?
e. Of these Ph.D. students, how many do you expect to receive their doctorial
degree by the end of the academic year (June 2008)?
5. Was this research project funded last year by the same grant?
IF YES:
a. How many Ph.D. students (full- or part-time) were employed by this grant in
the previous academic year (July 1, 2006 to June 30 2007)?
b. Of these Ph.D. students, how many received their doctoral degree in the
previous academic year (July 1, 2006 to June 30 2007)?
6. Does this grant currently employ any post-doctoral fellows?
IF YES:
a. How many post-doctoral fellows (full- or part-time) are currently employed
by this grant?
b. How many post-doctoral fellows are currently employed full-time by this
grant?
c. How many hours per week must a post-doctoral fellow work to be
considered a full-time employee of the project?

Hours

Don’t Know

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7. How many principal investigators, including you, and co-principal investigators, are
currently involved in this project? Please exclude any subcontractors or alternative
sites.
8. Does the grant currently provide salary for any principal or co-principal investigator?
IF YES:
a. How many of these principal and co-principal investigators are currently
working full-time on activities related to this grant in the current academic
year (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007)?
b. For each principal or co-principal investigator that is currently working less
than full time on activities related to this grant, please provide their names
and number of hours per week spent on activities related to this grant in this
academic year.

PI Name (DOE,

Number of Hours

John)

per Week

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Other Technical and Non-technical Personnel
Technical personnel are persons who are neither graduate students nor post-doctoral fellows
who are engaged in technical activities. Lab technicians, computer programmers, and
engineers are considered technical personnel. Technical personnel can include undergraduate
students.
9. Does this grant employ any technical personnel?
IF YES:

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a. How many technical personnel are fully funded by this grant?
b. How many technical personnel are partially funded by this grant?
Technical personnel are persons engaged in non-technical support activities for the grant,
such as secretaries or administrators. Technical personnel can include undergraduate
students.
10. Does this grant employ any non-technical personnel?
IF YES:
a. How many non-technical personnel are fully funded by this grant?
b. How many non-technical personnel are partially funded by this grant?

Funding
11. Excluding subcontracts and alternative sites, what is the amount of your grant for
the current academic year, rounded to the nearest dollar?
12. In addition to the DOE grant, are there any other funding sources supporting this
research project?
IF YES:
a. What fraction of total funding does the DOE grant represent for this
research project?
We thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey.