1 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Award

National Endowment for the Arts
Five-Year Post-Grant Survey for Research Awardees

I. INTRODUCTION
Dear [insert first and last name],
This is a survey about the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Art Works: Research grant
program (now known as the Research Grants in the Arts program). To help the NEA gain a
clearer understanding of longer-term outcomes associated with all Research grants, we would
appreciate your participation in the survey. Our records show that you were a recipient of one
or more NEA research awards in fiscal years 2012–2016. Below, we will ask you to reflect on
your experience managing the award/s and any follow-up activity that occurred after award
close-out.
Take the survey here: [insert link to survey—respondent’s survey ID number will be
embedded]
This survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Please answer the following
questions to the best of your ability and submit your response by [SURVEY CLOSE DATE].
Please direct any questions or comments concerning the accuracy of time estimates or
suggestions for improving this form to the NEA at [email protected].
DISCLAIMER: Results from the survey will be kept private to the extent permitted by law and
will not be made public. This survey will not impact your current or future awards from the
NEA. Your participation is voluntary. You will not receive any compensation for responding to
the survey. You may decline to answer any questions you wish. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB
control number for this survey is OMB No. 3135-0130, which expires XX/XX/XXXX.

II. SURVEY INSTRUMENT
SECTION A: YOUR NEA RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Please review the details below about your NEA Research Grants in the Arts award.
Organization:
Grant #:
Period of Performance (month/day/year): / / to / /
Project Description: To support + additional description
Award amount:
Project Director (First, Last Name):
[NOTE: Organization name and other details above will be pre-populated]
Please keep this specific proposal/project in mind as you answer the survey questions. Also,
please remember the survey is intended to help the NEA gain a clearer understanding of
longer-term outcomes associated with its Research grants program; your responses will not
be used in panel deliberations or in making funding decisions related to grant awards for
which you may apply in the future.

SECTION B: YOUR NEA PROJECT
B1. Please indicate whether your NEA project has led to or resulted in the following items
below, either during your project or after its completion.

Your research plan
Identification of any technical or logistical
problems with your original research plan.
Successful resolution of any technical or logistical
problems identified with your original research
plan.
Refinement of your research questions.
Contributions to knowledge or practice in the arts
Preliminary findings about novel or previously
untested ideas.
Identification of new research topics or
hypotheses.

Yes

No

Unsure /
Doesn’t
Apply

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Refinement of existing research topics or theories.
Development of new techniques, research tools,
and/or instruments.
Modification of existing techniques, research
tools, and/or instruments.
Urgently needed information or statistics for a
particular sector or subgroup.
Dissemination of findings and other products
Development of a new database available to other
researchers or the public.
Addition of data to, or other enhancements of, an
existing database available to other researchers or
the public.
Presentations at meetings, conferences, or
workshops.
Publication of articles in academic journals,
including peer-reviewed journals.
Publication or dissemination of your research in
news media outlets (i.e. newspapers, magazines,
podcasts, etc.).
Publication or dissemination in outlets other than
academic journals or news media outlets (i.e.
books, reports, guides, white or grey papers,
toolkits, etc.).
Patents and/or patent application(s).
Partnership and mentorship
Cultivation or maintenance of strategic
partnerships with other researchers.
Cultivation or maintenance of strategic
partnerships with arts practitioners.
Cultivation or maintenance of learning or
mentorship opportunities for early-stage
researchers.

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B1.1. Is there anything else that the project led to or resulted in, either during your project or
afterward, that was not included above?
B2. Did you conduct arts-related research before you received an NEA research grant?
•
•

Yes
No

•

Unsure

B3. Did your NEA research grant make it possible for you to pursue new or additional artsrelated research?
•
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•

Yes
No
Unsure

B4. Do you plan to or have you used the results from this NEA research project as a basis for
preparing one or more proposals to funders? This could be either to continue research
from the NEA-funded project or pursue new research based on this work, or on the skills
or tools you developed under this award.
•
•

Yes
No

[NOTE: If NO selected, skip to B6]
B5. Please explain whether the resulting project activities led (or will lead) to additional
research grants from other funders. Similarly, do you expect to use the research and/or
results from this award to apply for additional grants from funders other than the NEA?
To which funders did you (or will you, if known) submit these proposals, and to which
specific funding opportunities (if known)?
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE]
B6. To date, would you say your NEA research grant resulted in significant contributions to
knowledge or practice in either the arts sector or in other sectors, such as medicine, health,
education, economics, etc.?
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•
•

Yes
No
Unsure

[NOTE: If NO selected, skip to C1]

B7. In your perspective, what significant contributions to knowledge areas or fields of practice
resulted from your NEA research grant? And in which areas or fields were these contributions
made?
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE]

SECTION C: YOUR VIEWS ABOUT NEA RESEARCH FUNDING
C1. With respect to the referenced NEA award, how much do you disagree or agree with the
following statements? Please mark one answer for each item.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

Without this NEA award, I
would have pursued
similar research, but
much later.
Without this NEA award, I
would not have pursued
the same or similar
research at all.
Without this NEA award, I
would have missed the
opportunity for timely
access to certain data,
equipment, sites, or
facilities.
This NEA award positively
impacted my career (e.g.,
I took a new job
opportunity, or received a
promotion or
prize/award).
This NEA award inspired
me to conduct additional
arts-related research in
the future.
The dollar amount of this
NEA award was sufficient
to complete the work as
proposed.

Disagree

Disagree
Somewha
t

Agree
Somewh
at

Agree

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Have No
Idea/
Doesn’t
Apply
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g.

The duration of this NEA
award was sufficient to
complete the work as
proposed.
The time from submission
of this NEA proposal to
the date funding began
was reasonable.

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C2. Based on your experience with this NEA research award, would you apply to the NEA’s
Research Grants to the Arts opportunity again?
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Yes
No
Unsure

[NOTE: If YES or UNSURE go to C4; if NO go to C3]
C3. Why will you not apply again?
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE]
C4. Did you encounter any problems or challenges due to the design of the NEA Research
Grants in the Arts program?
•
•
•

Yes
No
Unsure

[NOTE: If YES go to C5; if UNSURE or NO go to C6]
C5. What problems or challenges did you encounter?
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE]
C6. Is there anything else you would like to let us know about related to your grant?
[OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE]