Welcome to the CyBR-MSI: IRR Research Infrastructure Assessment Tool (RIAT).

This is an institutional self-assessment designed to gauge infrastructure support for faculty preparing federal grant proposals. This instrument focuses on pre-award support only. It is intended to be completed by faculty, department heads, and SRO administrators.

NOTE: Throughout this instrument, we refer to Sponsored Research Office (SRO) services. Different institutions have different names for this office, and some institutions do now have an SRO, but offer similar services. Translate this term (SRO) in whatever way makes the most sense for you and your institutional context.

This instrument will take approximately 4 minutes to complete. Items in this instrument were derived from interviews with faculty, program officers, and SRO administrators from a range of institutions. Each item is weighted based on consensus from diverse faculty about its value during grant preparation.

Upon completion, you will receive a score that reflects your perception of the strength of the infrastructure support at your institution. Respondents from a single institution may have widely varying scores due to grant-writing experience, department, academic discipline, and extend of knowledge and understanding of SRO services. The RIAT is best used as a conversation starter to strengthen communication between faculty and SRO staff and administrators. 

This instrument was collaboratively developed by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Quality Evaluation Designs (QED). All responses are confidential and no institution or individual will be identifiable in any analysis or reporting.
About You
The following questions are optional. Any personally identifiable information and institutional information will remain confidential.

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* Please provide the following information.

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* What is the primary mission of your institution?

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* For how many years have you been a faculty member or SRO administrator (all institutions)?

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* Which of the following best describes your federal grant writing experience?

RIAT Instructions
Check any box below that reflects an SRO pre-award service at your institution. If a service is not provided in-house but is still available (e.g., grant writing help is contracted out; or you receive support from another institution's SRO), check the box as an available service. Some services vary based on how early the SRO is contacted before the grant is due. Check boxes for services that are available if the SRO is approached with sufficient time before the grant deadline. 

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* Check the boxes below that reflect SRO services available at your institution if the SERO is approached with sufficient time before the grant deadline.

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* What is the minimum number of days prior to the sponsor deadline that your institution requires that proposals be submitted to the SRO? (If you don't know or aren't sure, type Don't Know.)

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* What is the preferred number of days prior to the sponsor deadline that your institution requests that proposals be submitted to the SRO? (If you don't know or aren't sure, type Don't Know.)

Overall Assessment

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* Move the slider to the spot that best indicates the overall strength of your institution's SRO in supporting faculty in your department in preparing federal grants.

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* Please list any other thoughts or comments you have about SRO pre-award services at your institution.

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