Jane,
At Rockefeller, we have the following policy:
Any full time faculty member can be a PI
Postdocs can be PIs on fellowships and, with their Lab Head (= Dept Chair
at other places) approval, can apply for R01s or equivalents as new
investigators.  We get Lab Head approval for all applications within labs.
Adjunct faculty and Visiting faculty are not eligible; exceptions can be
made only with approval of the President's office.
People with joint appointments are eligible, but pose special problems
internally.
Hope this helps.
Joni.

At 12:47 PM 9/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
>What policies do different universities have about who can be a PI?  I'm
>specifically interested in the issue of part-time faculty and post-docs and
>their eligibility.
>
>Thanks for your responses.
>
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