Your PI can find additional information about the definition of an investigator under the PHS regulations in the Frequently Asked Questions posted on the NIH website. If your PI has further questions about the PHS definition of an investigator or who the designation of investigator should be applied to on his/her project he/she... Read more about What if my PI has questions about the PHS definition of an investigator or who the designation of investigator should be applied to on his/her project? Is there someone they can contact?

This funding would likely be considered as a sponsored award, because of the lingering control of the funder over specific activities for which the funds would be used and/or the budgets for those activities. If at the outset of the funding there are no specific plans, this factor does not render such funding a gift if the funder retains future control that approximates that of a sponsor.

The United States government and its export regulations restrict or prohibit U.S. individuals and companies from exporting or providing services of any kind to any party contained in U.S. government export denial, debarment, and blocked persons lists.  These lists are updated on a regular basis.  A restricted party screening involves a review of these lists to ensure that the person or entity with whom you are interacting is not on one of these lists.  The University has a site license to software which provides easy-to-use screening for denied parties. 

The current recommendation is that these support staff sign the Risk and Release form.  OTD’s preference is that these individuals would also sign the Visitor’s IP Agreement; however, many of the institutions with whom we execute billing agreements would not be willing to sign off on the Visitor’s IP Agreement for their staff.  Thus, if there is the potential that the individual will be involved in the development of IP in the course of the project, a subaward agreement should be used in place of a billing agreement.