Towards a Metrics Implementation Plan - UCAR Finance ...

5.0 Observing facilities1. Number of users of instruments and platforms2. Number of field projects supported3. Number of days a facility is used per year4. Number of new facilities developed5. Number of requests for use6. PI assessments6.0 Data services1. Number of users (individual and institutional)2. Data volumes archived and accessed by users or delivered in real time3. Number of data services and data software packages used4. Reliability (e.g., up time) of data services7.0 Intellectual property and technology transfer1. Number of patents and copyrights awarded2. Number of licenses granted3. Number of products or systems developed by UCAR and used operationally4. Revenue generated by commercialization and licensing activities8.0 Administrative support1. Number of financial reports prepared, paychecks processed, equipment tracked, travel authorizations prepared, contractsand sponsored agreements supported, purchase orders processed, computer and Web applications produced2. Number of high-quality applicants for positions and ability to “hire the best”3. Number of reportable accidents, days of sick leave, lost work days4. Turnover rate of employees, promotion rate, job mobility5. Mentoring and training opportunities6. Demographics, salaries and benefits, ethnic and gender diversity of staff compared to peer organizations7. Number of workshops and events supported8. Investment performance, number and dollar amount of bond agreements, success in obtaining favorable bond ratings9. Indirect costs and indirect cost rate9.0 Education, outreach, and training1. Number of people directly served (e.g., SOARS protégés, ASP postdoctoral fellows, graduate assistants, weather serviceforecasters, teachers trained, workshop and residence course participants, exhibit visitors)2. Number of people accessing distance learning materials and Web sites3. Surveys of participants in courses and workshops, visitors to Web sites, and stakeholders such as federal agencies,educators, students, and the public4. Number of holdings in library or other collections (e.g., in digital libraries or other educational resource centers)5. Educational materials produced for use in classrooms (e.g., COMET materials)6. Summative evaluations10.0 Communications and advocacy1. Number of Capital Hill briefings and visits to UCAR by congressional or administration delegations, Action Alerts,Washington Updates, testimonies2. Number and length of publications, press releases, other documents, and Web pages.3. Use of materials by others (e.g., hits on Web sites, faculty responses to Action Alerts, requests for information fromCongress, press clippings covering UCAR work and/or quoting UCAR staff, readership and circulation statistics)4. Specific actions that occur as a result of advocacy efforts (e.g., funding for programs, incorporation of UCAR-suggestedlanguage)5. Feedback from universities, agency people, knowledgeable people in WashingtonOutput MetricsOutcome MetricsImpact MetricsA-2