I am doing an NSF study on career outcomes for NSF applicants and grant recipients.
The above is, verbatim, a question.
I guess the survey writer either has a very good sense of humour, or none at all.
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Hmm. It could be a question asked of someone who used to be a tenured faculty member who is now working in industry, or on soft money. Most likely, though, it is simply standard form for a question, "Are you now or have you every been ?"
What Astroprof said. I think it is a valid question to ask. Indeed, it might be interesting to how what fraction of the people who say "yes" to this question say "no" to "do you have tenure right now."
Or, perhaps, they're just trying to let people who've done very naughty things still answer yes.
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Oh, the information content solicited by the question is entirely appropriate - they're looking to see how the people who did/did not get certain types of funding did in the medium term compared to the rest.
It was the tone of the question that amused me.
Maybe you have to have been through US Immigration to get it.
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