{"id":2303,"date":"2022-08-22T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=2303"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:56:36","slug":"pi-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/proposals\/pi-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator (PI) Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-accordion\" >\n    <div class=\"accordion isLinked\" id=\"ncst-accordion-e2py75\">\n          \n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"e2py75\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Integrity in Scholarship<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<p>Ensure all work proposed, conducted and reported is free of falsification, plagiarism, fabrication or other nonscholarly conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-integrity\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More about Research Integrity<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"e2py75\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Fiscal Compliance<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<p>Ensure all expenditures are reasonable, allowable under the terms of the award, and allocable to the sponsored project.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/fiscal-compliance\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More about Fiscal Compliance<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"e2py75\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Research Compliance<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<p>Legal, policy and ethical considerations when conducting research responsibly, including legal and policy requirements for export-controlled technologies, restricted data and safeguards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More about Research Compliance<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"e2py75\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Data and Records<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<p>Records generated from university research are owned by NC State University and must be maintained for a minimum of three years \u2014 or longer if required by the sponsor, journal or patent disclosure. 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