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"How's My PI?" Study

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How's My Pi?


Welcome to the “How’s my PI?” study web site.  The goal of this study is simple: We need to gather descriptive data about the climate of scientific research labs, and we need information about the people who run them—typically referred to as Principal Investigators, or PIs.  


Our hope is to gather enough information to build an understanding of the factors that contribute to successful scientific research and positive research experiences. Our hope is to get information from members of scientific laboratories that span a wide range of experience (i.e., research assistants, graduate and undergraduate students, post docs, research scientists, research technicians, research fellows, Principal Investigators, etc.).  


If you participate in the survey (which should take about 30 to 40 minutes) you will complete questions about 1) the climate in your lab, 2) your PIs social, emotional, and behavioral skills related to running a lab, and 3) some questions about yourself and your well-being.  


We have designed the survey to be anonymous, except for participating in the iPad giveaway—we’ll need your email address for that.  With that said, we will not share any individual-level data without first de-identifying the data so that neither you nor your PI should be identifiable.  You are welcome to rate more than one PI if you like. Notably, we have some questions designed to make it clear when you are rating a specific target person/PI. 


We have now revised the survey so that it will give you immediate feedback about where your PI scores on social, emotional, and behavioral skills, and where you score on well-being, and personality compared to other researchers.  We will still enter you in a drawing to win one of two iPads if you participate.  

Click the link to the right to access the PI Study
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If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to the primary investigator for this survey:

C. K. Gunsalus, Director, National Center for Professional and Research Ethics gunsalus@illinois.edu
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is extremely important to us. Your responses to any questionnaires in this website will be kept confidential to the extent of laws and university policies. Personality test data are collected for research purposes only. We will keep your responses to all surveys listed on this website on a REDcap server, which is secure and has a GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) data processing agreement. We will use your responses in an aggregate form for research purposes only. Identifiable information will be not used for any purposes other than deleting your responses as requested, and you can contact us anytime to delete your responses. By submitting a survey, you acknowledge that your answers will be recorded. For longitudinal surveys, your answers will never be connected with your name or identity in any published reports.  

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the privacy policy, please email us. 
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