Evaluation of the Annual Manpower Survey of NIH Research Grants. Summary. Part I: Background. Part II: Recommendations. Appendices

摘要

The purpose of this study was to recommend changes in the NIH annual survey of personnel employed on NIH research grants. Pertinent data were analyzed and interviews held with users of the survey data, data processors, and 190 persons supplying the data at 18 grantee institutions. Part 1 of the 132-page report supplies information on study methodology, development of the NIH survey, need for the data, uses made of the information, objections to the survey, NIH procedures, grantee institution procedures in supplying the information, accuracy of the data supplied, and an analysis of response rates. Part II presents 14 recommendations. The extensive appendix provides documentation for the findings.