Form 12 Data Form Section 4 report once

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Overview

Instructions
TableofContents
Table 23
Table 24
Table 25

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Sheet 1: Instructions

Attachment A.2.14: Data Form, Section 4—Report Once
DATA FORM
The purpose of the Data Form is to document the BEST program activities at your institution and gather the information listed in the NIH RFAs. Please read these instructions prior to completing the sections. If you have any questions, please contact [insert contractor’s name] at [insert contractor’s email address]. The form consists of four sections: (1) Program Description and Participation in BEST Activities (reported annually); (2) Aggregate Data from Participating Departments/Graduate Programs (reported annually); (3) Baseline Information for the Five Years Prior to Receiving the BEST Award (reported once); and (4) Information to Report in Year Four of the Award (reported once). Updating the tables: -If you do not need the example entries, you can enter the information from your institution by overwriting the information in the example cells. -If you need to insert one or more rows into a table, click on the row number in the left margin of the worksheet to copy the entire example row, select "copy," and then select "Insert copied cells." You will now have two rows with examples. You can then enter the information that is specific to your institution by overwriting the example entries that you copied. Copying the row this way will allow you to keep the formatting for new rows.
SECTION 4. INFORMATION TO REPORT IN YEAR FOUR OF THE AWARD (REPORTED ONCE)
OMB# 0925-XXXX EXP. DATE: XX/XX/XXXX Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-XXXX). Do not return the completed form to this address. Please submit Section 4 to coincide with the submission of the NIH Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) in the fourth year of your award. Email the form to [insert @nih.gov email address] using the Secure Email File Transfer (SEFT) service. If you have any questions, please contact [insert contractor’s name] at [insert contractor’s email address]. Provide aggregate data for the departments and/or graduate programs from which your institution is recruiting BEST participants. These departments are referred to in the tables as “Departments/Graduate Programs Participating in BEST.” If data are not available, please indicate that in the comment section of each table. For awardees with BEST programs spanning multiple institutions, please report the departments/graduate programs for each institution when completing the tables. For example, if a BEST program has participants from University #1 and University #2, each participating department/graduate program from both universities would need to be reported.
	RESPONSES
A. ACADEMIC YEAR REPORTING PERIOD A1: START (MM/DD/YYYY):
A2: END (MM/DD/YYYY):
B. INSTITUTION NAME:
C. PROGRAM NAME:
D. NAME OF POINT OF CONTACT:
E. EMAIL OF POINT OF CONTACT:
F. DATE FORM SUBMITTED:

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Sheet 2: TableofContents

DATA FORM - SECTION 4. INFORMATION TO REPORT IN YEAR FOUR OF THE AWARD (REPORTED ONCE)
Table of Contents
Worksheet Title	Content
Instructions	Section information and instructions
TableofContents	List of worksheets and content
Table 23	Elapsed Time to Doctorate
Table 24	Career Paths of Ph.D. Recipients
Table 25	Length of Time in Postdoctoral Positions

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Sheet 3: Table 23

ELAPSED TIME TO DOCTORATE
The information in the following table addresses the following RFA Item: Time to degree
Table 23. Elapsed Time to Doctorate (ETD)* in the Four Years since BEST Award
*Represents the total elapsed time starting from entry into the graduate program to doctoral degree completion, with leaves of absence or other enrollment lapses counting toward the ETD.
A Departments/Graduate Programs Participating in BEST	B Total Number of Students who Received their Ph.D. in the 4 Years since BEST Award	C Elapsed Median Time to Doctorate for Students in Column B	D Number of BEST Participants who Received their Ph.D. in the 4 Years since BEST Award	E Elapsed Median Time to Doctorate for Students in Column D
Ex. Life Science	Ex. 200	Ex. 6 years	Ex. 100	Ex. 5.5 years
Data source(s):
Additional Comments:

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Sheet 4: Table 24

CAREER PATHS OF PH.D. RECIPIENTS
The NIH RFA-RM-12-022 and RFA-RM-13-019 define a research intensive career as “an occupation in which research is performed in any venue, including industry, academic, government, or entrepreneurial pursuits,” and a research-related career as “occupations that directly support the biomedical research enterprise.” Research-related careers are those that require a doctoral degree, and may include activities such as teaching, administering research or higher education programs, science policy, or technology transfer. If the Ph.D. recipient is pursuing a career path other than the ones listed above, please classify the career as other.
Table 24. Career Paths of Ph.D. Recipients from Participating Departments/Graduate Programs in the Four Years since BEST Award
Career Paths	Number of Ph.D. Recipients
a. Research intensive	Ex. 20
b. Research-related	Ex. 9
c. Other	Ex. 2
Data source(s) [e.g., institution exit survey, alumni survey]:
Additional Comments:

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Sheet 5: Table 25

LENGTH OF TIME IN POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS
Table 25. Length of Time in Postdoctoral Training in the Four Years since BEST Award
A Departments Participating in BEST	B Total Number of Scientists Currently in Postdoctoral Training Positions	C Average Length of Time in Postdoctoral Training for Scientists in Column B	D Number of Scientists in Column B who are Participating in BEST	E Average Length of Time in Postdoctoral Training for Scientists in Column D
Ex. Life Sciences	Ex. 120	Ex. 4 years	Ex. 100	Ex. 3 years
Data source(s):
Additional Comments: