We had the opposite experience.  We submitted a prior approval request for the replacement of one of our faculty (not PI but key personnel in our understanding) upon her retirement and were informed we did not need approval as she was not named as key personnel in the award notice.  I wonder if this opinion may vary between Institute and office.

Lori

Lori A. Burchard
Assistant Director
Sponsored Programs
Kent State University
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We did run into a problem after the progress report showed significantly
different effort for someone that was not in NOA but was listed as key
in the proposal. The GMS contacted us and requested documentation to
review the change in effort.

Zoya

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Colleen Corcoran wrote:
> Hi All,
> We routinely have key personnel in a grant application, who are not listed as key on the notice of grant award.  Sometimes NIH will identify as key the first couple of people alphabetically; sometimes they just name the PI; and sometimes nobody is named.  Has anyone ever run into a problem with NIH if they don't obtain prior approval for a significant change in effort for someone who was listed as key but didn't make the cut for the award notice?
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