How about offering to sent to the sponsoring agency with a copy to his new employer a letter stating the facts about this PI and his refusal to submit the required reports? In the letter you can detail the efforts you have made and his refusals all along the way. Then safely shred the letter. That was for your therapy. Notify the sponsoring agency of your issues with the PI and what the situation is. Inform them that your institution would like to continue the activity (if true) with another PI. Write up another formal letter to transfer the activity to the new PI and submit it. I would be tempted to seal his office and lab to retain any work he's actually done so the other PI doesn't have to start from scratch.. I would inform the exiting PI that your institution would be happy to ship for him any and all of his contents of these institutional spaces at the university's expense, but that the university will retain it's property, including intellectual property and unfinished works. Make a detailed inventory of everything in the areas and ship a copy of it with his goods. Have a senior member of your police force help keep the area secure and witness the inventory of all items. Certify them as accurate. Treat it like a crime scene - which it is. Good Luck! Greg Clare Merkle wrote: > >>> Mathew Kanjirathinkal <xxxxxx@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU> 07/27 1:21 PM >>> > There has to be more to this story. I am not interested in hearing the > details, but it appears to be a case of personal conflicts that your office > needs to work out using your human relation skills. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Audrey Buck [mailto:xxxxxx@POBOX.UPENN.EDU] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 3:36 PM > To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Uncooperative PI > > Refuse to sign any Relinquishing Statments and transfer the grants. Also, > let the Sponsor(s) know what is going on along with "hanging him by the > Yardarm!" > > At 09:15 AM 07/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Hang him by the Yardarm!!!! > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Barbara Gray" <xxxxxx@COFC.EDU> > >To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG> > >Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:03 AM > >Subject: [RESADM-L] Uncooperative PI > > > > > >> Help!! > >> > >> SITUATION: PI is leaving the institution in a few weeks for a job with > >> a federal agency and has a delinquent final report due to a (different) > >> federal funding agency. PI has been extremely uncooperative and > >> volatile in the past re: completiong of work and delinquent reports. He > >> has indicated that he does not intend to submit the report before > >> leaving the institution. Based on past experience, we're almost certain > >> that, unless we somehow force the issue now, the report will never be > >> submitted. Our financial exposure is relatively small--around $7,000. > >> > >> QUESTIONS for those who have actually had this experience (or comments > >> from those of you with legal training re: various courses of action we > >> might take and the resulting exposure of the institution): > >> > >> 1. How did you actually handle the situation? > >> > >> 2. If you held the final paycheck, did anyone raise any issues about > >> state and federal > >> employment/wage laws? > >> > >> 3. Given that the PI is going to Federal employment at another agency, > >> do we have any legal leverage there? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> Barbara > >> > >> ================================================================== > >> Barbara H. Gray, Director > >> Office of Research & Grants Administration > >> College of Charleston > >> 66 George Street > >> Charleston, SC 29424 > >> Campus Location: 407-G Bell Bldg. > >> Office: 843.953.5673 Desk: 843.953.5885 Fax: 843.953.6577 > >> e-mail: xxxxxx@cofc.edu URL: http://www.orga.cofc.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") > >> ====================================================================== > > > > > >====================================================================== > > 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") > >====================================================================== > > > Audrey C. 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