Sections of the NUMS Researcher Interest Database Survey
What should be included in the Research Interest Database
How often should the data be updated?
How would you like to submit new information
Confidentiality/Availability
Searching the Researcher Interest Database
How useful do you think a research database would be?
Making this database part of the annual review process
What do you think the most common uses of the database would be?
Additional Comments
About the Database
The Research Council of the Northwestern University Medical School is considering deploying and maintaining a
Researcher Interest Database that would be accessible to all faculty in the Medical School. Depending on
feedback from you, submissions to this database could replace the existing annual review process.
About the Survey
The purpose of this survey
is to find out how much interest there is in having a NUMS researcher interest database available and determine
what information should be available in the database. To give you a better idea what this database could
look like and how a web-based search engine would operate, a functional mockup can be found at:
This is only a mockup and does not have the information or the search features that are likely to be found in
the final database. If you could please fill out this form on-line, the results will be tabulated
and made available at:
Please keep in mind several things while you are taking this survey:
How useful each option is for you personally.
How useful the option will be for the NU community.
The amount of time it will take to update the information in the database.
The updating process will be made as easy as possible, but it will require some effort.
Your NUnet ID will be used to control access to your entry in the database.