Form NSF - IGERT1 NSF - IGERT1 IGERT.org Survey

Attachment A
IGERT National Recruitment Program User Survey
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OMB clearance number: 3145-0157
Expiration: 06/30/2008
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Questionnaire Items
1) In what year was your current IGERT grant awarded?
[Select one: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005]
2) How many trainees (individuals) has your IGERT project supported overall to date?
_______________
3) In the past year, approximately how frequently have you used the IGERT.org
website? [Select one: frequently –once a month or more; occasionally – several times
in the year; rarely – once or twice; never]
4) In the past year, approximately how frequently have you used services of the IGERT
National Recruiting Program (INRP) other than the IGERT.org website? [Select one:
frequently –once a month or more; occasionally – several times in the year; rarely –
once or twice; never]

5) Describe up to the three most important services – in order of importance – provided
to your IGERT by the INRP (including IGERT.org).
a) [text box]
b) [text box]
c) [text box]
6) For each of the following activities, indicate whether you have used the IGERT.org
website [yes/no] and the usefulness of the website for your IGERT program. [very
useful, somewhat useful, not useful, N/A].
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)

General research and information on the IGERT program and projects
General research and information on IGERT partner organizations
General research and information on recruitment and broadening participation
strategies
Making contacts with other IGERT projects
Making contacts with potential partner organizations (e.g., AGEP programs,
Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Making contacts with potential IGERT trainees
Locating and recruiting potential IGERT trainees
Use of promotional materials available on IGERT.org
Use of resources on recruitment and retention to develop specific plans for
your project
Use of “idea exchange” for broadening participation
Participation in recruitment events posted on IGERT.org

7) For each of the following activities, indicate whether you have used the resources of
the INRP other than the IGERT.org website [yes/no] and the usefulness of the help
you received for your IGERT program. [very useful, somewhat useful, not useful,
N/A].
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

General research and information on the IGERT program and projects
General research and information on IGERT partner organizations
General research and information on recruitment and broadening participation
strategies
Making contacts with other IGERT projects
Making contacts with potential partner organizations (e.g., AGEP programs,
Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Making contacts with potential IGERT trainees
Locating and recruiting potential IGERT trainees
Use of resources on recruitment and retention to develop specific plans for
your project

8) Over the life of your project, how many potential IGERT trainees has your IGERT
contacted, met or corresponded with as a result of using the resources of the INRP
(including IGERT.org)? _________
9) Over the life of your project, how many IGERT trainees have you successfully
recruited to your project where contacts made as a result of using the resources of the
INRP (including IGERT.org) played a role in the recruitment process? _________
10) Please suggest up to three KEY improvements – in order of importance – to improve
the INRP and the IGERT.org website as a recruitment resource/tool for IGERT
projects and trainees.
a) [text box]
b) [text box]
c) [text box]
11) How useful have you found the website IGERT.org as a recruitment resource/tool?
[Select one: very useful, somewhat useful, not useful, N/A]
12) Overall, how useful have you found the resources of the INRP as a recruitment
resource/tool? [Select one: very useful, somewhat useful, not useful, N/A]