Co-Principal
Investigator (Co-PI) 4
Co-Principal
Investigator/Project Director (Co-PI/PD) 4
Multiple
Principal Investigator (MPI) 5
Temporary
Academic Positions 6
Leadership Plan for MPI
Projects. 7
To
identify individuals who may be assigned responsibilities as
Principal
Investigator
or Project
Director
(PI/PD).
Faculty
are primarily responsible for the quality and reputation of the University and
should routinely serve as Principal
Investigator or Project
Director (PI/PD).
Because
of the significant delegation of responsibility and authority, only employees of
the university may be designated PI/PD.
Part-time
employees may have significant duties and responsibilities outside of the
University and temporary employees may lack commitment to the University;
therefore, individuals designated to serve as PI/PD should be employed in
full-time base-budgeted positions.
Individuals
employed as Faculty
or Staff
may serve as the Principal
Investigator (PI) or the Project
Director (PD) on sponsored programs.
Students
and individuals
employed in Temporary
Academic Positions may only serve as the PI/PD with prior approval by the
Vice Provost for Research.
Students,
Temporary
Academic Positions, Adjunct
Faculty and other individuals not employed by UofM may serve as a
Multiple
Principal Investigator (MPI) provided that a Faculty member agrees to serve as Contact
PI and the Leadership
Plan is approved by Research Support Services.
Individuals
not employed by the university but who have a formal academic relationship
approved by academic personnel services or approved by the graduate school.
Adjunct Faculty employed as part-time instructors come under the guideline for
Temporary
Academic Positions.
This
title designates key personnel without the oversight responsibilities of the
Principal Investigator or Project Director; therefore, individuals designated as
Co-I do not need to meet the qualifications to be PI.
Co-PI
is the same as Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI.) Under the multiple
principal investigators concept, the National Science Foundation will refer to
multiple investigators as Co-PI (while the National Institutes of Health will
refer to each multiple investigator as PI.)
Co-PI/PD
as currently used on the Proposal Summary Form means Co-Investigator
(key personnel on a project other than the PI/PD.) Use of Co-PI/PD will be
phased out and replaced with MPI.
Projects
with multiple principal investigators must designate a contact PI who is
responsible for communications among the project team, the sponsor, and UofM
administration units. The Contact PI will be entered on the Proposal Summary
Form as PI/PD. Sponsors may permit rotating which MPI is the Contact PI;
however, for logistical reasons, all UofM documentation will be filed under the
original Contact PI as shown on the Proposal Summary Form.
For
use in this guideline, Faculty is defined as employees with
the following characteristics:
1.
Employee
class code “F9” or “FA” on PEAEMPL form;
2.
Status
code “Full Time” on PEAEMPL form;
3.
Budget
profile “EDUGEN” on NBAPBUD form;
4.
Budget
profile “GRANTS” on NBAPBUD form where the funding source is either a Chair of
Excellence or a
A
document submitted at the time of proposal that delineates the roles of each
Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI.) Go to Leadership
Plan for MPI Projects.
This
title identifies two or more individuals who share responsibility for the
conduct of the project in accordance with the Leadership
Plan for MPI Projects.
This
title identifies the individual responsible for the conduct of the project.
Responsibilities include the intellectual conduct of the project, fiscal
accountability, administration, and compliance.
This
title identifies an individual responsible for the conduct of the project.
Project Director has the same responsibilities as Principal Investigator but is
the traditional title used for non-research sponsored programs.
For
use in this guideline, Staff is defined as employees having
managerial or supervisory responsibilities with the following
characteristics:
1.
Employee
class code “AD” on PEAEMPL form;
2.
Status
code “Full Time” on PEAEMPL form;
3.
Budget
profile “EDUGEN” on NBAPBUD form.
For
use in this guideline, Temporary Academic Positions includes, but is not limited
to, graduate assistants, temporary instructors, visiting scholars, and soft
money positions having budget profile “GRANTS” on NBAPBUD
form.
Projects
with multiple principal investigators must have a leadership plan approved by
Research Support Services that delineates the roles of the investigators.
Leadership plans should describe the governance and organizational structure of
the research project including the communication plan and processes for making
decisions on scientific direction, allocating resources, determining authorship
of publications, sharing intellectual property, and resolving
conflicts.
Leadership
plans should designate the investigator responsible for reporting. If reporting
requirements are not met, the NIH will stop making awards to all investigators
on the project.
Leadership
plans should specify the investigator responsible for human subjects, animal
studies, or other special reviews as
appropriate.
Leadership
plans must specifically identify investigators who will have authority to expend
funds. An investigator not employed by UofM (e.g. students or Adjunct
Faculty) may not have spending authority; however, a non-UofM
employee may have spending authority through subcontract with the investigator’s
employer. If more than one investigator will have spending authority, the
Leadership Plan must allocate budget to each investigator. Prior to approving
the Leadership Plan, Research Support Services must determine that the plan for
fiscal accountability can be implemented in Banner. When awarded, investigators
will have their share of the budget entered under their individual Banner
organization codes. During the project period, funds may be re-allocated among
investigators as described in the Leadership Plan. If budget re-allocation is
not addressed in the Leadership Plan, then the decision to re-allocate budget
must be unanimous among the investigators.