2017 SPARC Annual Awardee Meeting Survey

The purpose of this voluntary and confidential survey by the NIH Common Fund is to collect feedback about the 2017 NIH Common Fund Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) Annual Awardee meeting. Your feedback will help improve future SPARC meetings.

It is estimated that this survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

If you have any questions about this survey, contact Ms. Kristina Faulk at (301) 402-9185 or kristina.faulk@nih.gov.

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* 1. Overall, how would you rate the SPARC Annual Awardee meeting?

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. The SPARC meeting included more opportunities for interaction and fewer lecture-style sessions. Please indicate your opinion of this meeting format:

Strongly positive - include similar interactive presentation opportunities in future meetings

Positive - good, but needs refinement (please specify in "Additional comments" section below)

Neutral - neither better nor worse than lecture-style format

Negative - interactive presentation opportunity disadvantages outweigh advantages

Strongly negative - prefer a predominantly lecture-style format

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* 3. Would you attend, or encourage others to attend, future SPARC meetings if attendance was voluntary?

Yes, definitely

Yes, if some changes were made (please specify in "Additional comments" section below)

Undecided

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* 4. Indicate your overall satisfaction

	Very Satisfied	Somewhat Satisfied	Neutral	Somewhat Dissatisfied	Very Dissatisfied
Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations	Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations Very Satisfied	Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations Somewhat Satisfied	Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations Neutral	Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Keynote and Guest Speaker presentations Very Dissatisfied
Quality of Roundtable presentations	Quality of Roundtable presentations Very Satisfied	Quality of Roundtable presentations Somewhat Satisfied	Quality of Roundtable presentations Neutral	Quality of Roundtable presentations Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Roundtable presentations Very Dissatisfied
Quality of Program Business presentations	Quality of Program Business presentations Very Satisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Somewhat Satisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Neutral	Quality of Program Business presentations Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Very Dissatisfied
Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants Very Satisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants Somewhat Satisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants Neutral	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants Somewhat Dissatisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other participants Very Dissatisfied
Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel)	Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel) Very Satisfied	Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel) Somewhat Satisfied	Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel) Neutral	Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel) Somewhat Dissatisfied	Meeting venue (Doubletree Hotel) Very Dissatisfied
Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel)	Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel) Very Satisfied	Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel) Somewhat Satisfied	Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel) Neutral	Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel) Somewhat Dissatisfied	Hotel accommodations and services (Doubletree Hotel) Very Dissatisfied
Dates Meeting held	Dates Meeting held Very Satisfied	Dates Meeting held Somewhat Satisfied	Dates Meeting held Neutral	Dates Meeting held Somewhat Dissatisfied	Dates Meeting held Very Dissatisfied

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* 5. When would you prefer the SPARC Annual Awardee meeting be held? (Check all that apply)

Fall (September - November)

Winter (December - February)

Spring (March - May)

Summer (June - August)

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* 1. Overall, how would you rate the SPARC Annual Awardee meeting?

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* 2. The SPARC meeting included more opportunities for interaction and fewer lecture-style sessions. Please indicate your opinion of this meeting format:

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* 3. Would you attend, or encourage others to attend, future SPARC meetings if attendance was voluntary?

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* 4. Indicate your overall satisfaction

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* 5. When would you prefer the SPARC Annual Awardee meeting be held? (Check all that apply)

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* 6. Additional comments regarding the SPARC meeting