QuestionPro's Survey Software Grant Program Reaches Major Milestone

Program Offers Tools for Free Online Survey Research; 500 Grants Have Been Issued to Date.

(PRWEB) February 21, 2004 --QuestionPro Inc., a leading provider of online survey software and market research services, today announced the issuing of its 500th academic research grant for conducting survey research online. Under the program, QuestionPro offers free access to its Web-based survey creation and analysis software at QuestionPro.com. Qualifying institutions are allowed to generate and deploy a survey with up to 5,000 responses over a six-month period.

"QuestionPro allowed us to build the primary survey instrument while our pilot data collection was ongoing," said Charlotte Greig, doctoral student at Golden Gate University's Edward G. Ageno School of Business. "The flexibility of the application and QuestionPro's willingness to offer assistance enabled us to deploy our online survey quickly and with relative ease."

The program is offered to faculty and students of accredited universities worldwide, working on academic research projects that have not been funded by any outside sources. It has been well received by the academic community, with 500 surveys created to date with more than 31,000 responses. QuestionPro will continue the academic research grant program in 2004.

"This is an excellent way to educate students about the effectiveness of online survey research methods," said Kevin Battey, vice president of business development for QuestionPro. "We've seen an incredible response since launching the program with grant requests spanning any number of different topics from every corner of the globe. Moreover, our academic users provide us with the kind of valuable feedback needed to deliver a reliable, high quality service."

About QuestionPro, Inc.

QuestionPro.com offers market research software for the creation, distribution and analysis of electronic surveys. QuestionPro offers the most advanced survey design and development capabilities possible via the Internet. Hundreds of market-leading companies have utilized QuestionPro's web-based survey software for their market research initiatives. QuestionPro licenses its software free to Students and Researchers in the academic community. The projects have to be strictly academic in nature and should not be part of any other funded research or consulting. For more information on QuestionPro visit www.questionpro.com.