Form 1 Survey Screenshot

The first question below is offered to all respondents. If (s)he selects “Not at all helpful”, the
respondent will be offered the follow on question below asking her to describe the information she’d
find helpful.

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The next question is offered to all respondents.

If the respondent enters Definitely or Probably will resubmit, (s)he is offered the following set of
questions… If the respondent enters Probably/Definitely will NOT resubmit (s)he skips to question at
the bottom of page 3 …

The item order in the question above is randomized to address potential order effects on rankings.
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If the respondent rates the doctoral or postdoctoral advisor as Critically or Very Important in the
previous table (s)he is asked this follow-on question:

If the response to the question at the top of Page 2 is Probably/Definitely will NOT resubmit (s)he will
receive this question:

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If response to previous question is “yes”, respondent is offered the following set of questions…

If the response to question on page 3 is “no”, respondent is offered the following question…

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All respondents are offered the following questions, regardless of their answers to the previous
branching questions:

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If the answer to the last question on the previous screen is “yes”, the next question will be offered,
otherwise it will be skipped.

All respondents are offered the following question, regardless of answers to the previous branching
questions:

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Once submitted, respondents are redirected to the “Applicant Next Steps” page on the OER web site:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/next_steps.htm

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