Management Responsibilities

The Responsibilities of the Principal Investigator or Project Director in the Management of Awards

The award recipient is the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The award is made under the condition that the Principal Investigator (PI) named in the document is the key person for the project, and is available to complete the scope of work. The PI assumes those responsibilities when that individual prepares the proposal for the project. The PI has full responsibility for the completion of the scope of work, and the correct allocation of costs to the project according to the budget.

Agency notification requirements must be adhered to regarding the availability of the named researcher to serve on the award as principal investigator. The agency may permit the naming of a substitute PI if warranted, but has the right to rescind the award if the change of PI is not acceptable to them.

If a PI receives multiple awards, and as a consequence finds that they are over-committed on time and effort for both teaching and research (i.e., in excess of 100%), they should immediately work with their unit to either obtain release from teaching load, or to identify another PI with suitable credentials to take on some of the research load. If another PI is brought onto the research project, the sponsoring agency will need to be notified, through OGCA, of the change in PI time and effort, and requested to approve the addition of the second co-investigator. Notification is required whenever the effort changes by greater then 25% or an absence for more then three months (A-110, Subpart C, part 25).