Re: PI hiring their own children Hastings, Kari L 23 Apr 2001 12:48 EST
I agree with Chuck but would add - you should ask your Human Resources office to insitute a nepotism policy for future instances of this nature. Kari -----Original Message----- From: Herbert B. Chermside [mailto:xxxxxx@VCU.EDU] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:36 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] PI hiring their own children Our state COI policy covers nepotism, se we do not have the problem. I feel quite sure that some PI's children work on other PI's grants, and vice versa -- but that's not a violation of the statute. My advice would be to treat children under the same policy you treat spouses. Chuck At 09:31 AM 4/23/01 -0400, you wrote: >We have no nepotism policies and numerous situations of staff and faculty >supervising their own children in summer positions, research and otherwise. >I know PI's in the past have hired their own children with grant funds and >no one has "caught" it. This time, I've been asked by a PI whether she >can hire her high school child with grant funds this summer and we're trying >to determine appropriate procedures. At a minimum, we will require that >all paperwork and time cards be signed by the department chair (or other >appropriate administrator). When a PI wants to pay a spouse, we require >them to send a "family relationship disclosure" form to the agency >(consistent with college policy requiring that these relationships be >disclosed in all proposals which are designed to have both spouses involved >in the research). We could treat this situation similarly, but because >we're talking about a high school student I was asked to determine how >other institutions would handle this situation. > >Frances Vinal Farnsworth >Coordinator of Sponsored Research >MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE >Munford House >Middlebury, VT 05753 >Tel: 802-443-5889 >Fax: 802-443-2081 >Email: xxxxxx@middlebury.edu > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 11th & Marshall Streets Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================