Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Survey

Survey Questions for GOALI
ID #

Logic

1

Prepopulate
from
RPPR
with
Name
and Role,
plus
option to
add
others
that
were not
included
in RPPR.

2
3
4
5
6

Item

STEM
Workforce
Developm

Your project team, including
senior, stipend, for-credit,
and volunteer personnel, will
be contacted to collect
information on demographics
and career path decisions.
Please list all project team
members that have
participated in the NSFfunded award.

How many students are still
working/worked on this
award?
How many students
graduated/moved on from
this project?
How many postdocs are still
working/worked on this
award?
How many postdocs moved
on from this project?
(FOR PIS) How many of your
former students/trainees
that participated in this

Freq.

Response Scale

Variable
type/Data entry
format

Question Item
Source
Material

Output or
Outcome
Addressed

A. Name
B. Email
C. Role in the
laboratory/project:
• Research Faculty
• Post-doc
• Graduate Student
• Under graduate
research assistant
• Visiting researcher
• Industrial Partner
• National Laboratory
Researcher
• Other

Structured text box for
name and email,
multiple choice for role

GARDE Logic
Model &
Indicators2; ICorps Indicators &
Monitoring
System3

Output: Workforce
Development

Two numerical text
boxes

NEW

Output: Workforce
Development

Numerical text box

NEW

Output: Workforce
Development

Two numerical text
boxes

NEW

Output: Workforce
Development

Numerical text box

NEW

Multiple answers with
structured numerical
text-box fill in for each

PFI:AIR Indicators
& Logic Model

Output: Workforce
Development
Output: Workforce
Development

A. Academic research
in a STEM field
B. Private industry in a

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award have gone on to
careers in the following:

C.
D.
E.
F.
G.

(FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES)
What is the name of the PI on
the NSF award in which you
are participating?
(FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES)
Are you still involved in this
research project?

8

9

10

Outputs:
Commerci
alization

11

Outputs:
Licensing

(FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES)
Would you be willing for us
to contact you with any
follow up questions?
Do you believe that
commercialization of the
product/service/process is
feasible?
How many of the following
does [NAME BUSINESS/the
NSF-funded project TEAM
MEMBER/INSTITUTION]
have? Enter zero if none.

STEM field
Government
Research
administration
Teaching
Communication
Other

Text box

GARDE
Satisfaction
Survey1

N/A
(Demographics)

1. Yes
2. No

Binary – y/n

N/A
(Demographics)

A. Yes
B. No

Binary: y/n

GARDE
Satisfaction
Survey1; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3
NEW

A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t know

Multiple choice

PFI:BIC Logic
Model &
Indicators6

Numerical: open for
each option

Kauffman Firm
Survey7; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System4

Outputs: Transfer
of knowledge
about industry
practices and
standards
Immediate
Outcomes: Patent
and License
applications for
developed
technology

•
•
•
•
•
•

Inventions Disclosed
Licensing Agreements
Patent Applications
Patents Granted
Patents in Use
Inventions Producing
Royalties
• Software Copyrights

N/A
(Demographics)

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Please indicate any outreach
activities in FORMAL
education settings that you
have engaged in during, or as
a result of, your work on the
NSF-funded project.

13

Please indicate any outreach
activities in INFORMAL
education settings that you
have engaged in during, or as
a result of, your work on NSFfunded project (during or
after the life of the award).

14

Please indicate any outreach
activities to private industry,
public agencies, or nonprofits that you have
engaged in during, or as a
result of, your work on the
NSF-funded project (during
or after the life of the

• Company Trademarks
• Non-disclosure
Agreements (NDA)
Materials Transfer
Agreements (MTA)
A. Guest lecture
B. Class instruction
C. Webinar
D. Massive Online
Open Course
(MOOC)
E. Classroom/Laborato
ry Demonstration
F. Other
A. Public Speaking
B. Museum exhibit
C. Science
fair/competition
D. Science writing
E. Media
dissemination (e.g.,
news or magazine
article)
F. Website/blog
G. Game
H. Other
A. Public Speaking
B. Corporate Meetings
C. Media
dissemination (e.g.,
news or magazine
article)
D. Website/blog
E. Other

Multiple Answer with
text boxes to describe

GARDE
Satisfaction
Survey1; EFRI
Indicators &
Monitoring
System5

Multiple Answer with
text boxes to describe

GARDE
Satisfaction
Survey1; EFRI
Indicators &
Monitoring
System5

Multiple Answer with
text boxes to describe

NEW

Intermediate
Outcomes:
Improved industry
knowledge of
academic staff
leading to
improved
curriculum and
education
Intermediate
Outcomes:
Improved industry
knowledge of
academic staff
leading to
improved
curriculum and
education

Intermediate
Outcomes:
Improved industry
knowledge of
academic staff
leading to
improved
curriculum and

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Only
asked if
member
of the
NSFfunded
project
team

award).
To what extent has any of the
following occurred as a result
of your participation in the
NSF-funded
project/program?
TEACHING
• I taught new courses
and/or course content
related to the NSFfunded project
• I developed new
extracurricular or notfor-credit instructional
activities
• I incorporated new
instructional methods
related to those used in
the NSF-funded project in
my teaching
RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP
• I changed the way I think
about my research
• I led a change effort in
my department,
institution, or
organization (e.g., policy,
curriculum)
• I encouraged my
students to talk to
potential customers
about their research or
technologies
CAREER

A.
B.
C.
D.

Yes
Some
No
Not applicable

Matrix/Array

EEC Impact
Interview
Protocol4; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3

education
Intermediate
Outcomes:
Researchers
and/or students
use industry
knowledge in
other contexts

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•

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I applied what I learned
from the NSF-funded
project in other projects
or career endeavors
• I advised/mentored
teams that are interested
in commercializing their
research or starting a
venture related to their
research
• I pursued new career
opportunities related to
research
commercialization and /
or venture development
ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFITS
• Saved
department/institution
organization money
• Increased productivity of
department/institution/o
rganization
• Participated in outreach
efforts beyond the
university setting
Please indicate your
agreement with the
following statements:
A. Participation in the NSFfunded GOALI project
continues to influence my
approach to mentoring.

Annual

1.
2.
3.
4.

Agree
I have no opinion
Disagree
Not applicable

A. Likert scale
including Not
Applicable
B. Likert scale
including Not
Applicable

EEC Impact
Interview
Protocol4; ICorps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3

Intermediate
Outcomes:
Researchers
and/or students
use industry
knowledge in
other contexts

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B. Participation in the NSFfunded GOALI project
continues to influence my
approach to teaching.
Did your industrial partner
incorporate any of your
research findings in to their
practices/manufacturing/bus
iness model?

17

Translatio
n of
research
findings

18

Technolog
y
Developm
ent

Are there any products,
services, or processes in the
market, market ready, or
awaiting regulatory approval
whose commercialization
you can attribute (to some
degree) to your participation
in the NSF-funded project?

19

Outputs:
Career
Developm
ent

The NSF GOALI award has
helped me advance towards
achieving my long-term
career goals.

20

Outputs:
Career
Developm
ent

21

STEM
Workforce
Developm

Have your goals have
changed as a result of
receiving the NSF GOALI
award? If Yes, please
describe.
(FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES)
How interested were you in
the following career options

A. Yes
B. No

Annual

A. Agree
B. Somewhat
C. Disagree
A. Yes
B. No

A. Academic Faculty primarily research
position in science or

Binary: y/n

SBIR Common
Questions

Binary: Y/N

SBIR Common
Questions; PFI:BIC
Logic Model &
Indicators6;
PFI:AIR Logic
Model &
Indicators; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3
NEW

3 point Likert Scale

Binary: y/n Text box if
Yes.

NEW

3 point Likert scale (Not
at all interested –
interested – Very

GARDE
Satisfaction
Survey1

Intermediate
Outcomes:
Increased
efficiency due to
fresh perspectives
and insight from
academic partners
Intermediate
Outcomes:
Technology
Development

Intermediate
Outcomes: Career
Development and
Training in Industry
Concepts
Intermediate
Outcomes: Career
Development and
Training in Industry
Concepts
Intermediate
Outcomes:
Workforce

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[BEFORE/DURING/AFTER]
you began your involvement
with NSF-funded project?

B.

C.
D.

E.

F.
G.

H.
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Outputs:
Publicatio
ns

Please list your accepted
publications occurring AFTER
the funding period that
resulted from this award.

engineering
Academic Faculty primarily teaching
position in science or
engineering
Academic Faculty other
Professional
engineer or research
scientist in private
industry
Professional
engineer or research
scientist in
government lab
Entrepreneurship
Non-technical or
research related
position in science or
engineering (for
example, regulatory,
writing, editing,
administration, or
sales)
Career unrelated to
science or
engineering

interested “this is/was
my primary career
goal”)

Structured text-box: list
of publications

Development

EFRI Indicators &
Monitoring
System5; PFI:AIR
Indicators & Logic
Model (w/o
interdisciplinary
qualification)

Intermediate
Outcomes:
Advance of the
field

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Outputs:
Collaborati
ons

Are you still collaborating
with any of your
collaborators on the award?

A. Yes
B. No

Binary: y/n

24

Outputs:
Commerci
alization

Please list any additional
companies that have
demonstrated interest in
partnership activities related
to your NSF-funded research.
What is the nature of the
interest?

Structured text box ,
with multiple answer
matrix for nature of
interest

25

Outputs:
Capacity
and
Capabilitie
s

Did/do you APPLY FOR
additional or follow-on
funding from other agencies
after receiving this NSF
award?

A. Continued
Conversations
B. Monetary
Commitment
C. Contractual
Agreement
D. Other (please
describe)
A. Yes
B. No
C. If yes, which
agency and what
amount?

26

Outputs:
Capacity
and
Capabilitie
s

Did you RECEIVE additional or
follow-on funding from other
agencies after receiving this
award?

A. Yes
B. No
C. If yes, which
agency and what
amount?

Binary: Y/N with text
box fill in for Y

27

Do/did you feel that this NSF
award influenced your ability
to obtain other funding (from
industry, granting agencies or
other sources)?

A. Yes
B. No

Binary: Y/N with text
box fill in for Y

Binary: y/n

PFI:BIC Logic
Model &
Indicators6;
PFI:AIR Logic
Model &
Indicators
SBIR Common
Questions

Long Term
Outcomes:
Continued
partnerships

EFRI Indicators &
Monitoring
System5; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3
EFRI Indicators &
Monitoring
System5; I-Corps
Indicators &
Monitoring
System3
EEC Impact
Interview
Protocol4

Long Term
Outcomes:
Continued
innovation and
technology focus

Long Term
Outcomes:
Continued support
for partnership
activities

Long Term
Outcomes:
Continued
innovation and
technology focus
Long Term
Outcomes:
Continued cycle of
innovation

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[1]

NSF Engineering, “GARDE Satisfaction Survey.” 31-Jul-2013. OMB Control No: 3145-0157

[2]

NSF Engineering, “GARDE Logic Model.” 11-Oct-2012.

[3]

NCIIA, “I-Corps Indicators & Monitoring System.” 23-Oct-2013.

[4]

NSF Engineering, “EEC Impact interview Protocol.” 02-Aug-2013.

[5]

NSF Engineering, “EFRI Pilot Clearance.” 20-Mar-2014.

[6]

NSF Engineering, “PFI:BIC Logic Model & Indicators.” 26-Jul-2013.

[7]

“Kauffman Firm Survey - Annotated Questionnaire.” Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.