ROWAN UNIVERSITY POLICY
Title: Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility
Subject: Office of Sponsored Programs
Policy No: OSP: 2018:
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Applies: University-wide
Issuing Authority: Vice President for Research (Signature)
Responsible Officer: Vice President for Research
Adopted:
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2023
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I. PURPOSE
To establish Principal Investigator (PI) eligibility for submission of externally funded grants.
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Eligibility for Principal Investigator (PI) Status: PI status is granted to all regular full-time faculty and staff, including librarians, and professional and support staff, and administrators of the University of all managerial ranks and clinicians with faculty appointments. Any time spent engaging in work on grant activities by professional, support, or administrative staff must be performed as overload and not within the confines of regular assigned activities, unless there is prior approval of the cognizant Vice President and ensuring there is no additional compensation provided for such activities.
Post-doctoral fellows, lecturers, adjuncts, and instructors may be eligible for PI status in certain circumstances as described below. Student Investigators are not eligible for PI status, but may be permitted to conduct sponsored projects under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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A Co-PI is an individual involved with the PI in the scientific development or execution of a project. A Co-PI typically devotes a specified percentage of time to the project and is considered "key/senior personnel." The designation of a Co-PI, if applicable, does not affect the PI’s roles and responsibilities as specified in this policy statement. Academic tenure-track, adjunct, emeriti faculty, employees with term appointments (e.g., lecturers, instructors, post-doctoral associates, visiting scholars, etc.), and other regular employees can serve as Co-PIs on sponsored projects.
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