Collection of planning and satisfaction data with participants at the May 29-30, 2019 NSF INCLUDES National Network Meeting

Pre-Meeting Participant Survey Protocol
Thank you in advance for completing this brief survey. We value your input. The answers you
provide will be used by the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub to help inform our work to
strengthen the Network. This survey is not anonymous, but we will not associate your personal
or organizational name to specific responses in any public documents without first getting your
permission to do so. Your responses will be kept confidential unless and until you provide such
permission. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
Section A: Demographics
Have you ever received funding from NSF INCLUDES? (check one; required)
( ) Yes
( ) No
(Logic; If yes) How many NSF INCLUDES awards have you received? (check one; required)
( ) One
( ) Two
( ) More than two
Please select the affiliation that best describes you: (check one; required)
( ) Alliance
( ) DDLP
( ) Other NSF INCLUDES-funded project
( ) Representative of NSF
( ) Representative of another funder
( ) Other: __________
(Logic; If selects Alliance or DDLP) Do you know your grant #? (required)
( ) Yes
( ) No
(Logic; If yes) Please write your grant #:_________
(Logic; If no) Please write your full project name: _________
Please select the role that best defines you: (check one; required)
( ) Principal Investigator
( ) Director
( ) Backbone Member
( ) Partner
( ) Team Member
( ) Evaluator
( ) Other: ________

Section B: Outcomes
Please rate the degree to which each of the following outcomes guide your work:

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Do not know

Primary/critical goal for our
project

Secondary goal we are working
toward

Aspirational goal, but not
currently working toward

Not a goal of our project
Build skills, knowledge, and infrastructure to more
effectively broaden participation in STEM.
Strengthen network connections and value of the
Network among members
Network members change practices to more effectively
broaden participation in STEM.
The Network expands with respect to the number of
partners and collective expertise.
Leverage and re-allocate existing resources and secure
new funding to support broadening participation in
STEM.
Shift in cultural awareness of Network members to be
more inclusive and equity-focused.
Individual Network partners identify with and value the
Network as being part of something bigger than their
own work.
Section C: Network Connections

Please list up to five organizations that are the most important partners OUTSIDE of or
EXTERNAL to your NSF INCLUDES-funded project. (Note: These partners may be part of the
NSF INCLUDES Network, but do not need to be). For each, please select the response that best
describes the nature of your collaboration activities, how long you’ve been partners, and the
importance of your partnership.
What is the nature of your collaboration? (select one for each partner)
Cooperative Activities
Coordinated Activities
(exchanging information, (Cooperative activities
attending meetings
AND intentional
together, and offering
efforts to coordinate
resources to partners)
programs, services, and
activities)
Partner 1
Partner 2

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Integrated Activities
(Cooperative and
coordinated activities
AND collaboration
on joint ventures on
shared priorities or
pooling of resources)

Partner 3
Partner 4
Partner 5
How long have you been partners? (select one for each partner)
Less than six months
Six months to two years
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Partner 4
Partner 5

More than two years

How would you describe the importance of your partnership to achieving your goals? (select one
for each partner)
Not integral to success of Somewhat important to
Critical to success
our broadening
success of our broadening of our broadening
participation efforts
participation efforts
participation efforts
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Partner 4
Partner 5

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Section D: NSF INCLUDES Value
For each statement listed below, indicate whether the statement is important for the NSF
INCLUDES network. The next set of topics will ask about evidence for these statements.

This is very important

This is somewhat important

This is not important

The NSF INCLUDES Network . . .

I am unsure what this means

Importance

Is a valuable resource for finding solutions to
challenges or new ideas for innovation.
Strengthens our project’s efforts to broaden
participation.
Provides valuable opportunities for new
partnerships and collaboration.
Is working toward outcomes that our project
cares about.
Has clearly articulated its vision and mission.
Amplifies the work of individual projects
towards broadening participation in STEM.
Is an important tool for building the field of
broadening participation.

For each statement listed below, indicate the extent to which you see each evidence of each
concept currently happening in the Network.

Is a valuable resource for finding solutions to
challenges or new ideas for innovation.

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I see strong evidence of this
value

I see emerging evidence of this
value

The NSF INCLUDES Network . . .

I do not see evidence of this
value yet

Evidence

Strengthens our project’s efforts to broaden
participation.
Provides valuable opportunities for new
partnerships and collaboration.
Is working toward outcomes that our project
cares about.
Has clearly articulated its vision and mission.
Amplifies the work of individual projects
towards broadening participation in STEM.
Is an important tool for building the field of
broadening participation.

Only individuals in Alliances, DDLPs or other NSF INCLUDES projects will respond to the
following (skip logic)

Our project team is aware of the resources available to the
NSF INCLUDES Network.
Our project’s mission and vision are well-aligned with that
of the NSF INCLUDES Network.
Our project’s outcome measures align well with the
Network’s measures.
Our project work focuses on removing structural barriers to
STEM participation.
We engage students and/or community members in setting
priorities.
Our project is well-connected to other members of the
Network.
Our project is clear about its role in and the contributions we
can make to the Network.
The role of the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub in the
NSF INCLUDES Network is clear.

9

Don’t
Know

Strongly
Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly
Disagree

Please rate your agreement with the following statements about your NSF INCLUDES project.