Type of Interview or Activity and Estimated Number of Interviews1 |
Topics Covered |
|---|---|
| Selected Executive Management
Meeting (EMM) Staff and Other
Critical Function Leaders (4 individuals) |
Program history and links with broader AHRQ objectives; expected measures of success Aspects of communication flows, relationships with associated program staff, overseers, grantees, and collaborators |
PFQ
Program Director |
Roles and responsibilities within PFQ, relationship to other responsibilities Review of program operations, activities of the coordinating committee and related groups Experience with gaining administrative or decision-making support Perceptions of individual grantees, their efforts, and relevant history Selected reports on aspects of communication flows, relationships with associated program staff, overseers, grantees, and collaborators |
| Individual Project Officers |
Responsibilities for particular grantees and the associated history Approach to task and view of role and appropriate time commitment Experience with gaining administrative or decision-making support Summary of history and relevant efforts of individual grantees for which they are responsible, key issues or insights to consider, questions to ask Selected reports on aspects of communication flows, relationships with associated program staff, overseers, grantees, and collaborators |
| Grants Award and Monitoring
and Dissemination staff2 |
Role and responsibilities Perceptions of individual project officers and grantees with whom they are involved or responsible, key issues or insights to consider Awareness of broader context Selected reports on aspects of communication flows, relationships with associated program staff and grantees |
1. Interview numbers add to 18 because the program director also served as a project officer.
2. We intended to discuss the process of making grant awards but could not as the staff involved had refused.