We plan to do #2

Peter C. Koch, MBA
Assistant Vice President
Sponsored Programs and Research Accounting
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, TCHRF-3303, MLC 7030
Cincinnati, Ohio  45229-3039

Phone:  (513) 636-4583
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E-mail: xxxxxx@cchmc.org

>>> xxxxxx@ECU.EDU 4/26/2006 4:06 PM >>>
Hello,

The change in NIH policy on PI signatures - excerpted below - requires
(apparently) that some fairly specific assurances be retained over a
"unique signature and date for each submitted application." I was
wondering what other schools were doing to meet this requirement. Are
you:

1)       Developing a new form (boo, hiss) specifically listing the
assurances?

2)       Adapting an existing routing form to list these specific
certs
as part of the PI signature?

3)       Sticking with an existing routing form that has a general
cert
by the PI to "abide by applicable law and regulation"?

4)       Sticking with an existing routing form that ALREADY listed
these specific certs because of death-defying prescience on the part
of
your predecessors?

5)       Hoping the NIH will never ask for the "unique signature"?

Does anyone have an opinion about whether or not the specific text in
the NIH announcement is what must be above the signature. We are
trying
to address this issue and are interested in any "best practices" that
may be emerging.

Cordially,

East Carolina University <http://www.research2.ecu.edu/osp>

Tomorrow Starts Here <http://www.ecu.edu>

Rick Smiley
Grant & Contract Officer

Office of Sponsored Programs
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The signature of the Principal Investigator is no longer required as a
part of a submitted application. Instead, a new compliance requirement
is now implemented whereby the applicant organization agrees to secure
and retain at the organization a written assurance from the Principal
Investigator (PI) prior to submitting an application to the PHS.
While
this assurance is no longer required as part of the submitted
application, it remains a compliance requirement.  Therefore,
organizations must retain a unique signature and date for each
submitted
application.  This assurance must be available to the sponsoring
agency
or other authorized HHS or Federal officials upon request.  Such an
assurance must include at least the following certifications:  (1)
that
the information submitted within the application is true, complete and
accurate to the best of the PI's knowledge; (2) that any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject the PI to
criminal, civil, or administrative penalties; and (3) that the PI
agrees
to accept responsibility for the scientific conduct of the project and
to provide the required progress reports if a grant is awarded as a
result of the application.  When multiple PIs are proposed in an
application, this assurance must be retained for all named PIs.

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