PI Eligibility   May 5, 2006

Principal Investigator (PI): The PI must be a UCSF faculty member who meets the eligibility requirements for PI status on grant applications. For more information, see PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ELIGIBILITY.

For studies conducted under the auspices of an affiliated institution (e.g., SFVAMC, UCSF-Fresno, SFDPH) the individual listed as the PI must meet eligibility criteria defined by that institution.

Postdoctoral Fellows are now allowed to serve as PIs on CHR applications if the following two conditions are met:

• A UCSF faculty member who would otherwise qualify as a Principal Investigator is identified as the Co-PI on the application, and



• A cover letter from the Co-PI faculty member is attached to the application stating that he or she agrees to serve as faculty support and/or a mentor to the Postdoctoral Fellow.

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): The Co-PI must be faculty, staff, or student at UCSF or one of the institutions that have signed agreements designating UCSF's Committee on Human Research (CHR) as their Institutional Review Board (IRB). The Co-PI must be prepared to assume some of the responsibilities of the PI when the PI is unavailable and, thus, cannot be at an unaffiliated institution.

Contact Person: The Contact Person must be an employee of UCSF or one of the institutions that have signed agreements designating the CHR as their IRB. Typically this is a Study Coordinator, if not the PI or Co-PI. The purpose of designating a Contact Person is to facilitate the communication between the PI and the CHR.