Getting back to a discussion from last week -

 From NIH398: Key Personnel must devote measurable effort to the project
whether or not salaries are requested. "Zero percent" effort or "as
needed" are not acceptable levels of involvement for those designated as
Key Personnel.

Does measurable effort translate to an auditable effort report?
If so, then my understanding would be that salaries that are not
requested for % effort commitment means that the effort must be cost
shared and verified through an effort report.

My specific situation is with an NIH proposal that includes several
foreign collaborators who are not requesting compensation for their
effort but including a specific % effort commitment in their letters of
collaboration. Unless their organizations would be cost sharing this,
there will be no "measurable effort." I am trying to convince the PI to
list them as Other Significant Contributors, however, he is concerned
that category might signal to the reviewers that they are less invested
in the project.

Comments?

Doris

Evelyn J. Ford wrote:
> Our understanding of Key Personnel for purposes of reporting on the
> PHS2590 Key Personnel report is that anyone identified as Key Personnel
> on form page 2 of the competing application should be listed here.This
> includes salaried and unsalaried individuals who have */any measurable
> /*effort, regardless of how the %age. We don't list anyone who does not
> have measurable effort as they are now officially classified as Other
> Significant Contributors (OSC).
>
> It's our interpretation that Key Personnel listed in the NGA need to be
> addressed in the response to SNAP Q2 (significant change in effort --
> reduction greater than 25%), but that */all /*Key Personnel as
> originally listed on form page 2 of the application need to be included
> in the Personnel Report unless they now meet the definition of OSC.
>
> We try to discourage PIs from listing grad students, post-docs, etc., as
> Key Personnel when proposals are submitted, but some are adamant about
> this. If they do wish to list them, then they are included on the
> PHS2590 Key Personnel Report page. I can only hope that NIH doesn't
> start listing them by name in the NGAs!
>
> -- Evelyn
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> At 04:59 PM 6/1/2005 -0400, Susan Burke wrote:
>
>> Eleanor-
>> Key personnel, for the purpose of reporting, are those listed in the NGA.
>> Susan
>>
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>> Associate Director
>> NYU Office of Sponsored Programs
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>
> At 04:13 PM 6/1/2005 -0400, Eleanor Cicinsky wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do you determine who key personnel are for this report to NIH. We
>> have listed personnel with significant effort, not just those who are
>> PIs, Co-PIs or faculty associates.
>>
>> NIH has not come back to us to re-do the form if we list Post Docs,
>> Graduate Students or anyone who is working on the project more than 25%.
>>
>> What has been your experience?
>>
>> Eleanor M. Cicinsky
>> Director, PreAward Sponsored Projects Administration
>> Temple University,  406 USB, 083-45
>> 1601 N. Broad Street
>> Philadelphia, PA  19122
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>> (Fx)  215.204.7486
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