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No. 12, January 18-22, 2010 Grant Clinic: Obligated to Hire Consultant?=20 Reader Question:=A0 A grant proposal names a particular individual as "consultant" and lists th= eir credentials to perform consulting work. The grant is awarded. To what= extent is the PI obligated to hire that individual? Could another consult= ant be retained without repercussion? Does the proposal constitute a contr= act between the institution and the consultant? =20 Expert Comments:=A0 The award of grant funds by a funding agency to a PI is essentially a cont= ract between the funding agency and the PI to carry out the proposed resea= rch.=A0 Usually the answer to "change of consultant" is yes.=A0=A0The fund= ing agency approved the PI's budget, which contained the consultancy posit= ion.=A0=A0The agency does not normally approve each individual listed in t= he budget, other than the PI.=A0=A0If the budgetary position had not been=20 View the remainder of the expert comments at XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigat= ors.org/news.php Comments by=A0Charles F. Howard, Jr. Ph.D., established GrantsCrafter Con= sultancy, Trainer for The Grantsmanship Center, co-teaching a workshop on= =A0Writing Research Proposals, and is also a Senior Grantwriter for Campbel= l and Co. Howard is the speaker of the upcoming audioconference "Writing Su= ccessful Grant Proposals: What's working lately and what isn't". Agree? Disagree?=A0Submit your comments at:XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigator= s.org/news.php ________________________________________________________________________ ??Preview of Next Week's Question?? No. 13, January 25-29, 2010 Reader Question:=A0 Several of our technicians have complained to me that small personal items= have "begun disappearing" from their lockers and desks since a new aide b= egan working with us. They're obviously suspicious of her. Since I, as PI,= run the lab, they look to me to "solve", or at least investigate, the "pr= oblem".=A0 But I am not trained for this, and furthermore I don't want to = innocently injure the reputation of a new hire. Yet I want to seem sympath= etic and responsive.=A0 What's my best strategy? 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No. 12, January 18-22, 2010

Grant Clinic:=

Obligated to Hi= re Consultant?

Reader Question:=A0A gran= t proposal names a particular individual as "consultant" and lists their cr= edentials to perform consulting work. The grant is awarded. To what exten= t is the PI obligated to hire that individual? Could another consultant be= retained without repercussion? Does the proposal constitute a contract be= tween the institution and the consultant? =20

Expert Comments:=A0The a= ward of grant funds by a funding agency to a PI is essentially a contract = between the funding agency and the PI to carry out the proposed research.= =A0 Usually the answer to "change of consultant" is yes.=A0=A0The funding = agency approved the PI's budget, which contained the consultancy position.= =A0=A0The agency does not normally approve each individual listed in the b= udget, other than the PI.=A0=A0If the budgetary position had not been

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Comments by=A0Charles F. Howard, Jr. Ph.D., established GrantsCrafter Consultancy, Trainer for The = Grantsmanship Center, co-teaching a workshop on=A0Writing Research Prop= osals, and is also a Senior Grantwriter for Campbell and Co.

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