The Board of Trustees, consistent with most institutions of higher education from around the country, has established a POL 10.00.02 that states, in part\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\u201c2. All tenure-track faculty members may submit proposals for support of research and scholarly projects. All proposals must be approved by a faculty member\u2019s unit or department head and Dean before submission to the Vice Chancellor for Research for final campus approval. Non-tenure-track faculty members and employees with termed appointments may submit proposals with prior approval of their Dean and the Vice Chancellor for Research.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, a principal investigator (PI) is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The individual (or in the case of some NIH projects, the individuals) designated by [NC State University], and approved by [the sponsor], who will be responsible for the scientific or technical direction of the [entire] project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co-principal investigators or co-project directors (co-PI\/co-PD) are individuals designated by NC State University and approved by our sponsors who have substantively complementary responsibility for the scientific or technical direction of all or a portion of a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An individual can only be a PI or co-PI pursuant to the guidance articulated in the policy of the Board of Trustees defined above or as authorized under an approved exception as described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In accordance with the BME Charter, Biomedical Engineering (BME) Faculty<\/strong>: UNC-Chapel Hill faculty holding appointments in the joint Department of BME are eligible to serve as PI on NC State submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Special Cases and Exception Requests<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n \n\n \n\nThis section describes common circumstances where investigator eligibility questions arise, and how individuals who are not automatically eligible to serve as Principal Investigators may request and receive an exception. Depending on the circumstances, exceptions may be granted for any\/all proposals, or on a one-time basis for a specific proposal.
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