Re: One PI with PI status on collaborative proposal Vincelli, Diana 30 Jun 2006 08:08 EST
This arrangement sounds like she is collaborating with herself! That is bound to raise some questions among reviewers. I believe there needs to be a valid PI at the other institution (a collaborator, thus the NSF Collaboration application), and she should be paid through her home institution. Diana Thompson Vincelli Director of Grant Support Office of Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations G-14 Maryland Hall University of Richmond, VA 23173 804.289.8005; fax 804.289-8943 xxxxxx@richmond.edu http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/grants -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Donna Berger Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 5:43 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] One PI with PI status on collaborative proposal 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 ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================