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Grant Administrator Survey

You have been asked to complete this survey as part of the evaluation of the PRIMER grant to The College of New Jersey and University of South Florida. Your individual responses will only be seen by an independent evaluator. Reports to institutions will only include aggregate responses and de-identified comments.

This survey is being sent to those who support grants management through ensuring compliance with regulation, processing documents, payroll, and other related operational tasks. Broadly, this area is known as research administration.

  • The College of New Jersey
  • University of South Florida
  • My position is primarily research administration or research development.
  • Research administration or research development is among my responsibilities.
  • Neither
  • No
  • Yes
On a scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree, rate the following statements
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
My job is primarily to provide the principal investigator with information.
Principal investigators are experts in their field and should require minimal assistance from research administration after a grant is funded.
Training is essential for new research administrators.
Regardless of years of experience, research administrators still require continuing professional development.
I try to “check in” with principal investigators at least monthly to identify any potential issues or concerns.
It’s difficult to keep up with my workload given the quantity and variety of tasks expected of me.
Principal investigators feel comfortable contacting me for assistance.
PIs on campus know who is the relevant staff member to contact for their concerns.
I receive input from PIs on how processes can be improved to better meet their needs.
My job is a two-way street; PIs and I learn from each other.
The expectations senior leadership has for my position are clear.
Our institution has sufficient staff to support research administration post-award.
Our institution has sufficient staff to support the development of research proposals.
There is a lot of trust between my supervisor and me.
I can modify processes and resources to better accomplish research administration tasks.
Senior leadership have overturned decisions I have made, without any input from me.
I have worked with the same team in research administration at my institution for over five years.