I have had that situation several times a year, and it caused no
problem.  The authorized officials for the institutions are who make the
agreements, on behalf of the institutions, not the PI.  I presume each
institution has some sort of COI process internally.  Of course I look at
the arrangement carefully because of the obvious concern of the same
individual being both PI's; that pretty much takes care of any COI between
institutions.

Incidentally, I apply the following to many agreements where the PI signs;
it is equivalent to the language on, say, an NIH proposal:
"Investigator, while not a party to this agreement, hereby acknowledges
that he/she has read the Agreement and understands his/her obligations as a
university employee or faculty member to abide by the terms herein."

This pins down the PI to acknowledging his responsibilities and yet
insulates him from the institutional responsibility of the Authorized Official.

Chuck

At 02:33 PM 3/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Many faculty members have appointments at more than one institution (a
>university and a hospital, for example).  Generally, they are paid
>exclusively from one of the sources, but maintain an appointment with
>both.  What are your thoughts on him/her serving as PI of both a prime
>grant and a subcontract under that same prime.  This brings to mind
>potential issues (certification of effort, conflict of interest, etc).  I
>haven't found any particular regulations which specifically identify or
>prohibit this arrangement, and would be interested in hearing how different
>institutions handle this.
>
>Thanks.
>
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