It's okay to be a co-PI on a grant or be a PI of a project on a program
project grant and still apply for a FIRST award.  It is not addressed in the
guidelines; many moons ago, when this questions was first posed to me, I
called and got this information.

Violet E. Horvath
Grants Administrator
xxxxxx@medicine.wustl.edu

>Does anyone out there know if someone who wants to submit a PHS
>FIRST proposal is still eligible if that person has previously
>served as a CO-PI on a PHS-supported project?  I know that the
>guidelines prohibit previous service as a PI on a PHS project, but
>say nothing about the status of Co-PI.  Would the restriction on
>eligibility still apply?  Thanks very much.
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>Baiba Briedis
>Coordinator, Grants and Contracts
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