Dear REASAMers,

I need to deal with an issue in the morning and need your input on two
issues:

1) We have a PI doing a collaborative NSF proposal. She wants to name
herself as PI for both the lead organization and the non-lead collaborating
institution where she will be spending a portion of her time on this
research project. Would your university allow her to be named as PI for
both organizations?

2) This PI is a faculty member at the lead institution (our college), but
since she will do a substantial part of her research at the collaborating
institution, she wants to budget for her time and effort on the non-lead
institution's budget and be paid by them, rather than budget her time on
our budget and be paid by us. In other words, she wants to have the
non-lead institution recoup her salary money on the rate of pay that they
would assign to her and pay her directly with NSF funds, rather be paid
through us, her primary place of employment. Would any of your institutions
entertain such an arrangement?

Any input you could give me would be much appreciated. As an aside, from
her dean's perspective, this is extra summer work and she would approve it
as a summer work assignment. I see all kinds of issues that would argue
against such an arrangement on a federal proposal, but there are
conflicting views on this. I really would like to see this proposal happen,
but not at the risk of putting the institution in a precarious position.
Thank you for any input you can give.

Sincerely,
Donna Berger

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