As a general condition for the approval of a research study, the IRB holds the principal investigator of the study responsible for ensuring that:. Appropriately qualified sub-investigators and research staff may perform tasks as delegated by the Principal Investigator but they do not accept primary responsibility for the research study.
Skip to main content. Toggle navigation. The following individuals may serve as PI s : Faculty members: All categories of compensated faculty members may serve as PI if their School allows them to serve as Principal Investigator on applications for sponsored funding administered through the University.
Adjunct faculty of the University, including lecturers and instructors, are not permitted to serve as a PI or Faculty Mentor but may serve as co-investigator. Accounts should be managed by persons trained in these responsibilities. The University Controllers Office is responsible for account management at the University level and responsible for all payments, invoices, financial reporting, etc. All awards are made to the University and not to the individual investigator. Should the department head and dean approve of the transfer, the PI must provide OGCA with a memo confirming agreement to the transfer and other materials necessary to obtain appropriate sponsor permission.
Should the PI choose to leave the award with the University, the PI must notify OGCA of their departure as soon as possible and assist with the proper sponsor notification. Such notification will either be a replacement investigator, or termination of the award. Skip to main content. Award Related. Conflict of Interest. Cost Sharing. Data Access. Indirect Cost.
Proposal Related. Research Ethics. Eligibility Being granted PI and Co-PI status is a privilege granted to eligible University personnel who meet the criteria identified below. Who can be a PI? Persons holding the following positions may be designated as PIs in applications for externally sponsored funding: All tenured and tenure-track Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors and Librarians. All persons holding Adjunct, Visiting, Emeritus or other faculty positions at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst not included under 1 or 2, and who have the approval of the appropriate governance bodies of a Department and, also, the approval of the Dean of the relevant School or College.
Such approval is indicated by the signature of the named governance bodies on the Kuali Record. In the event a Co-Principal Investigator is not named, the appropriate governance bodies of the Department and, also, the Dean of the relevant School or College shall accept full fiscal and administrative liability and responsibility for the actions of the Principal Investigator included in this category.
All Post-Doctoral Fellows who have the approval of the appropriate governance bodies of a Department and, also, the approval of the Dean of the relevant School or College. Such approval is indicated by the signature of named governance bodies on the Kuali Record. All Professional Staff who are not also students, provided they have the approval of the appropriate governance bodies of a Department and the approval of the Dean of the relevant School or College or the Vice Chancellor, if an administrative unit.
Such approval is indicated by the signature of the named governance body or bodies on the Kuali Record. Who can be a Co-PI? Technical Proposal The Principal Investigator: Prepares the technical proposal and may collaborate with others in its preparation. Identifies the need for subrecipient agreements. Determines whether on- or off-campus space in addition to that already assigned to the Principal Investigator is needed. Assures that the design is appropriate to the proposed question.
Determines that the project will contribute original scholarship. Proposal Budget The Principal Investigator: Prepares or directly supervises the preparation of the budget and its justification. Indirect Cost waiver request to the Department Head and Dean and then forwards this request to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement for final approval; Requests matching funds from University officials or identifies in-kind contributions from appropriate sources, when necessary.
Proposes cost sharing through contributed effort or other approved mechanisms and seeks approval from appropriate University officials. Identifies anticipated program income.
Ensures that other personnel involved in the project sign the University Kuali Record as required. The Principal Investigator must be the person who checks the boxes on the in section V of the Kuali Record; this responsibility may not be delegated. Collaborators from other institutions who do not hold appointments at UMass Amherst may nominally be listed as Co-PIs of a particular sponsored project if they serve as PI of a subcontract ; however, non-UMass faculty or staff would not be considered to be co-PIs of UMass.
Individual collaborators from other institutions may also serve as consultants on sponsored projects, when appropriate, without PI or co-PI status. Undergraduate and Graduate students may not be designated as PIs.
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