Helen --

I would consider this a purchased service and would not list the head of the lab as a Significant Other Contributor. My interpretation is that this category is reserved for folks who have no measurable percent of effort but who might otherwise have been considered Key Personnel. Your description of this situation sounds definitely like just a service being performed. If the PI wanted to consider this individual as Key Personnel with effort or a Significant Other Contributor without effort (but other associated expense), you'd have to do a consortium agreement.

-- Evelyn

At 01:02 PM 1/26/2005 -0500, HELEN MOURAT wrote:
Hello all,
Our PI is going to send samples to a lab in another institution to have
certain assays performed.  We will pay about $14 per sample and were
intending to pay this as a PO.  We have a letter from the head of that
lab giving us his estimate and indicating that his lab will do the
assays.  Should the head of the lab be listed under other significant
contributors?  Should we include his letter of 'collaboration" and/or
put something on the budget justification?
Thanks in advance!
Helen

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