A proposal with a PI from another institution is a Prime-Sub
relationship, pure and simple.   The prime is an institution that has
received the grant and the sub is an institution.  It is up to the two
institutions to make sure the requirements of the grant are met.
Therefore, I believe, it is up to the institution to decide if it's okay
to have the subcontractor PI on the cover page.  I think NSF would agree
(they always remind me that it's our institution's responsibility to
meet the guidelines when I call and ask them to split hairs!).  We allow
subcontractor PI's to be on the cover sheet.  I ask the subcontractor to
submit a signed cover sheet to Lehigh along with their signed budget
sheets so that I have their "certs" when I submit to NSF.

Ruth

Ruth Tallman
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Lehigh University
526 Brodhead Avenue
Bethlehem, PA  18015
Phone:   (610)758-3024
FAX:    (610)758-5994
E-mail:   xxxxxx@lehigh.edu

Stephen Erickson wrote:

> Unless we are dealing with a truly "collaborative" project as defined
> by NSF, we are dealing with a pime-sub relationship. I do not see how
> protecting our institutions is making life difficult for PIs. There
> are any number of ways a PI can write the proposal to describe the
> collaboration without placing the institution in the position of
> having someone who is not an employee responsible for the project.  I
> understand faculty sensitivity on this, I just think it needs to be
> balanced against the protection of the institution.
>
> Steve
>

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