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Your main field of expertise (up to 3 selections) Atmospheric dynamics and transport  Biogeochemical cycles  Biotechnology  Climate and climate change  Coastal ecology  Ecosystem-scale processes  Ecotoxicology  Environment and health   Environmental impact assessment  Environmental monitoring  Geo-hazards  Geo-morphological processes  Hydrogeology  Hydrological processes  Land-ocean interactions  Living resources (e.g. fisheries, aquaculture)  Marine Biology  Marine technology  Microbiology  Modelling  Ocean circulation  Ocean-atmosphere interactions  Paleobiology  Physiology  Population genetics and evolution  Radioactive processes  Regional weather and extreme events  Science-based archaeology  Sediments and sedimentary processes  Systematic and taxonomy  Tectonic and volcanic processes  Water quality and pollution 

Evaluate your graduate/post-graduate studies  Insuff.   Suff.   Good   Very good   Top Level 

Present status  Unemployed   Employed 

Years of employment   

Employment/research position (if none write none)

Is it permanent?  Yes   No 

Type of research Institution  Intergovernmental   Governmental,National   Governmental,Local   Academic   Private   Charity,Foundation 

Type of activities  Basic research   Applied research   Long-term monitoring   Technological research   Academic   Education, Outreach   Policy, Planning, Consultancy   Conservation and Protection 

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Bureaucracy, Administration

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How do you wish to spend your working time? Education [%]

Research [%]

Bureaucracy, Administration

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Past Employment

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Years of previous employment

If you have been at any time employed in a position related to marine sciences, you found the position from  : A classified ad   A job competition   A personal acquaintance   Other 

If you are currently employed in your field of discipline, Characterise your work environment on the basis of: The existing infrastructure  Excellent   Very good   Good   Average   Poor 

The extent to which it makes use of your qualifications  Excellent   Very good   Good   Average   Poor 

The ability to use initiative  Excellent   Very good   Good   Average   Poor 

The job output  Excellent   Very good   Good   Average   Poor 

The possibility for job training  Excellent   Very good   Good   Average   Poor 

What is your net monthly salary? (please specify if euros or sterlin)

Do you think that your salary is adequate for your professional experience?  Absolutely No   No   Yes   Absolutely Yes 

According to your professional experience do you think that research life is harder for women?  Absolutely No   No   Yes   Absolutely Yes 

Adequateness of education Was your academic teaching-training adequate for your position at start of your career?  Yes   No 

Was it necessary to acquire futher training to meet the demands of your employment?  Yes   No 

If yes, how did this take place?  Personal initiative   Company-instit. initiative 

Do you intend to seek a marine-science-related job in the furture?  Yes   No 

If you are currently employed in a position not related to marine sciences Have you tried without success to find employment related to marine sciences?  Yes   No 

If not, why?

Was your graduate, post-graduate degree of any help in acquiring employment?  Yes   No 

Do you intend to seek employment relating to the marine science in the future?  Yes   No 

In your country, approximately how many scientists are employed in the field of marine science and technology?

How many EU projects have you had funded so far?

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What was the average budget funding (euros per year)?

Source of funding (please report the %): EU

National

Private

Other

Do you think that proposals submitted to the EU are correctly evaluated?  Not at all   More no than yes   More yes than no   Yes and well   Very well 

Factor limiting research Do you think that funding is the main factor limiting your research?  Yes   No 

Do you think that bureaucracy limits your research?  Yes   No 

If no, which are the limits of your research?

Minimum budget per year to performance at the best your research (euros)

Research teams Are scientists paid from your research funding?  Yes   No 

What fraction (%) of your research funding do you use to hire extra staff?

Do you get your salary from research funding?  Yes   No 

Do you get additional money from research funding?  Yes   No 

Do you have collaborators?  Yes   No 

If yes, how many?

What in your opinion is the optimum size of research team?

Which is the fraction of your research funding that you utilise for hiring the personnel?   

Your main research collaborations are: National

European

International

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Is research in your Country or Institution evaluated -at least- partly through the "impact factor" of your publication?  Yes   No 

Do you think that the "impact factor" is a measure of the quality of research?  Not at all   More no than yes   More yes than no   Yes and well   Very well 

Do you think that the value of the journals is related to the "impact factor"?  Not at all   More no than yes   More yes than no   Yes and well   Very well 

Is your productivity monitored and evaluated periodically?  Yes   No 

If yes, who is monitoring your work?

At what intervals?

In your country, are there any leading scientists in your research field?  Yes   No 

Are your qualities recognized by your institution and in your research position?  Yes   No 

Do you think that the equipments and infrastructure available are sufficient for your research?  Yes   No 

Do you think the lack of sufficients equipments and/or infrastructures is a limiting factor for your research?  Yes   No 

Scientific productivity How many publications do you think a really good scientist would have over three years?

On average, how many articles/papers have you published per year, over the last three years?  Yes   No 

In which top journal did you publish your last article/paper?

Top publications Have you ever published in Nature, Science or PNAS?  Yes   No 

Which is the best outlet for your publication (except Nature, Science and PNAS)? (you might indicate more journals)

Referee work Are you serving as a referee for scientific journals?  Yes   No 

How many papers do you review per year?

How many hours on average you dedicate to each paper you review?

Do you think that there is a problem of data quality in some scientific work you review?  Yes   No 

Is data quality sufficiently checked by reviewers?  Yes   No 

Do you think the media pay enough attention to scientific findings?  Yes   No 

Does the mass media provide accurate scientific information?  Yes   No 

Do you think that a reasonable number of people understand the general principles behind scientific research?  Yes   No 

Is the exchange of data and information among scientists sufficient and correct?  Yes   No 

Is there enough exchange of data and information between scientist, within the same discipline?  Yes   No 

Is there enough exchange of data and information between scientist, among different disciplines?  Yes   No 

How important are environmental issues perceived for the economy of your country?  Very low   Low   High   Very high 

The public opinion is sensitive to the environmental problems?  Very low   Low   High   Very high 

How important are marine sciences the socio-economy of your country  Very low   Low   High   Very high 

In gender issue respected in the marine sciences field of your country?  Very low   Low   High   Very high 

Which are your ideas/suggestions to improve the marine science and technology research?

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