Nov 16, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

2018 International Survey of Engineering Faculty & Administration: Evaluation of University Efforts in Helping - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "International Survey of Engineering Faculty & Administration: Evaluation of University Efforts in Helping" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This study presents data from 115 engineering faculty chosen predominantly from top-50 programs in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia - about how they view university efforts to help them procure research grants.

The study gives detailed data on the percentage of faculty time spent on research grant procurement, and on the monetary total value of grants procured and on the total number of grants applied for. The study also presents faculty evaluation of the following types of services to scholars: research services to find grant sources, proposal and grant writing, and clerical support for grant applicants.

Just a few of the report's many findings are that:

  • Efforts to procure grants accounted for 17.53% of the total work time of the faculty surveyed.
  • Respondents in biomedical (30%), materials/chemicals/agriculture (22.6%), and civil engineering (20.4%) spent the most time seeking funding,
  • Overall, 47.82% of respondents rated their office of research and grants as good or excellent on knowledge of sources of grants.
  • When it came to support for proposal writing, more than twice the percentage of those faculty at institutions outside of the United States felt that their universities offered only fair or poor services in this area.
  • Female respondents were less likely than male respondents to rate their institutions' office of research performance as good or excellent (28.58% of women vs 50.58% of men).

The Questionnaire

  • Characteristics of the Sample
  • Summary of Main Findings
  • What percentage of your work time would you estimate is accounted for by applying for grants and seeking funding sources?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • What is the value of all grants (in US dollars) for academic research that you have received within the past five years?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • How many grants have you applied for within the past 12 months?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your college or university) on the following services?
  • How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your college or university) on the knowledge of sources of grants for scholars?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your college or university) on the knowledge of grant/proposal writing?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your college or university) on the clerical support for grant applications?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • How would you rate the office of research and grants at your school (or your college or university) on the databases and other resources to search for grant sources?
  • By institutional characteristics
  • By academic and position characteristics
  • By demographic characteristics
  • What can your research office or library do to better assist you in searching for and obtaining grants to support your research?

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