Non-Faculty Staff Eligibility
for PI Status

Who can be considered a
Principal Investigator?
All tenure
track faculty members are eligible to be Principal Investigators.
Others requesting to submit proposals as the principal investigator for
the first time must obtain special approval. The request must be
communicated to Sponsored Program Services early in the proposal stage.
This will allow time to review the situation for the appropriate
approval.
Authorization for
Non-Faculty PI Status:
To obtain authorization for any
non-faculty staff member a request letter must be written and signed by
both the Dean and Department Head. The letter must also contain the
following information:
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Name of Staff that
authorization is being requested for.
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Reason that Staff member
should be authorized to submit
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Is request for a "blanket"
authorization, for specific types of proposals, or only for a single
proposal
The request should be sent to
any of the following:
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Mike Ludwig, Associate
Director, Sponsored Program Services
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Bill Baitinger, Special
Asst. to the Vice Provost for Research, VPR Office
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Pete Dunn, Associate Vice
Provost for Research, VPR Office
Non-Faculty Approved for PI Status:
Current List
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