Re: Faculty member serving as PI on another organization's R01 Carlson, Claire 08 Jul 2004 15:29 EST
Sounds like this would violate the federal conflict of interest regulations. She cannot be the PI of the main grant and then also be the PI of a subcontractor on that grant. At the very least, the PI will have a conflict of commitment if she is working for two institutions at the same time, which is what they are proposing. The sub needs to have their own PI. Claire Claire L. Carlson Associate Vice President for Research The University of Montana Research and Sponsored Programs University Hall 202 Missoula, Montana 59812-4104 Phone (406) 243-5796 Fax (406) 243-5739 NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: xxxxxx@umontana.edu -----Original Message----- From: Donna Berger [mailto:xxxxxx@MARIST.EDU] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:17 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Faculty member serving as PI on another organization's R01 We have a faculty member who is conducting research in collaboration with another institution on an NIH grant. She wants to submit an R01 through the other organization naming herself as PI. Initially, the proposal (for 2.5M) was to be submitted by us, but since much of the work will occur at the other site, she is requesting that we become a subcontractor and that the other organization take the lead. The other organization wants to allocate part of her time to the prime budget (theirs) and part of her time to the subcontract budget (ours). In effect, she would be PI for the prime and subaward. To complicate matters further, her base salary here will be less than the base salary used by the submitting institution. Has anyone ever run into a situation like this before? Aside from the fact that we have been working on this for over a month and now the tables have turned, is any of this kosher?? The other organization claims to do this sort of thing all the time and wants to enter a consortial agreement with us. Please advise! Donna Berger, Ph.D. Coordinator, Academic Grants Marist College Phone: 845-575-3670 ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================