Attach_3c

OMB# 0925-xxxx

Exp: mm/dd/2yyy

Attachment 3c

Pioneer Lab Member Interview Protocol

The Pioneer Lab Member Interview Protocol is the data collection instrument that will be used by the NDPA Outcome Evaluation team to collect data on the effect of the program on the Pioneer trainees. The interviews will be conducted during site visits to the Pioneer laboratories and respondents would include a sample of graduate students, postdocs, technicians, and other laboratory members (approximately 4-6 individuals per site).

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.

QUESTIONS:

1. Name: _____________________________________________________________

2. Current title/position: __________________________________________________

3. Years in Pioneer laboratory (e.g. 2008-2009): ______________________________

4. Total number of years in biomedical research: _______________________________

5. Please estimate what percentage of your time in the Pioneer laboratory is devoted to the NDPA funded project(s):

• Less than 10%

• 10-25%

• 25-50%

• More than 50%

6. Please describe your work on the NDPA project.

7. How would you describe your NDPA project in terms of risk?

• Not risky

• Somewhat risky

• Very risky

8. How would you describe your NDPA project in terms of potential impact?

	Limited	Moderate	High	Don’t Know
On your research field	1	2	3	4
On another research field	1	2	3	4
On diagnosis and treatment of disease	1	2	3	4
Other: _________________________	1	2	3	4

9. Do you work on other projects in the Pioneer laboratory to balance the risk of the NDPA project with a lower-risk project?

• Yes

• No

10. Do you expect the experience of working on the NDPA project to affected career choices that you will make when you left the Pioneer laboratory?

• No. Why not?

• Yes. How?

• I do not know

11. How would you describe your current work in terms of risk?

• Not risky

• Somewhat risky

• Very risky

12. Has your experience working on the NDPA project had any of the following effects? Please check all that apply:

• Working on the project made me think more creatively

• Working with the Pioneer made me think more creatively

• Working in the Pioneer lab made me more willing to work on high-risk, high-payoff projects

• Working in the Pioneer lab made me less willing to work on high-risk, high-payoff projects

Please elaborate:

3