Form 1 Chair Training

OMB Control Number: 0925-0474

Expiration date 10/31/2014

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Each year, the Center for Scientific Review reviews over 50,000 grant applications using more than 15,000 volunteer reviewers who serve on panels chaired by distinguished senior scientists. CSR has expended considerable effort in providing training to Chairs and is conducting an evaluation of this training. To help us refine and improve the quality of Chair training please take a few minutes to complete the survey below.

You are not obliged to participate in this survey but we would be grateful if you could take a few minutes of your time to answer the questions below. Your comments will be anonymized and deleted once the data are aggregated. Your responses are secure to the extend permitted by law. The Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation explicitly guarantees that your responses will not be linked to your identity and will be aggregated and anonymized.

When you attended Chair Training at CSR

1. The duration of the training session was

• Too long

• Just about right

• Too short

• Not sure

2. Overall, how would you rate the quality of the training in terms of enabling you to be the Chair of a CSR study section?

• Excellent

• Good

• Fair

• Poor

• Very poor

3. The instructional material was informative and well organized in terms of enabling you to be the Chair of a CSR study section.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neutral

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

• Not sure

4. Meeting other Chairs and having discussions with them during the training was useful for you to be the Chair of a CSR study section.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neutral

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

• Not sure

5. Overall, your investment of time and effort in attending Chair Training resulted in a significant enabling of your ability to perform as Chair of a CSR study section.

- Strongly agree

- Agree

- Neutral

- Disagree

- Strongly Disagree

6. In what ways could this training for Study Section Chairs be improved? Please feel free to be candid and critical in offering suggestions.