Questionnaire of the DZHW Scientists Survey 2016 

In the following section, we are interested in your experience with successful and unsuccessful applications. For statistical reasons we require the information on which of your applications is the most recently granted application. 

In the following section, we are interested in your experience with successful and unsuccessful applications. For statistical reasons we require the information on which of your applications is the most recently rejected application. 

In the following section, we are interested in your experience with successful and unsuccessful applications. For statistical reasons we require the information on which of your applications was most recently decided application. 

How important were the following criteria for the decision to submit your most recently granted third-party funding application to the chosen funding source? 

Now we would like to ask you for information on your most recently rejected third-party funding application. Which of the following statements applies most closely to your most recently rejected third-party funding application? 

How significant were the following reasons for the rejection in your opinion? 

Did you receive a written explanation of the reasons for refusal with excerpts from the evaluators' comments? 

How would you evaluate the written explanation? 

How has the quality of evaluation of funding applications developed in the last 5 years, in your opinion? 

Now please consider your most recently decided project proposal: In your estimation, how high was the funding quota (acceptance quota) in relation to the funding programme to which you submitted your most recently decided project proposal?