Cherry Blossoms

Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility

A person holding any of the following titles is eligible to serve as a PI.

Professor

Research Professor

Emeritus 

Associate Professor

Research Associate Professor

 

Assistant Professor

Research Assistant Professor

 

 

 

The following titles may be eligible to serve as a PI, but must be considered on a case by case basis for any sponsored research, including internal funding opportunities such as RRF. Each person seeking PI status will need Chair, Divisional Dean, and the Associate Dean of Research to approve.

Acting & Affiliate titles

Teaching Professor track

 

Artist-in-Residence

Visiting title

 

Research Scientist

Director (of a major program)

 
PNNL Affiliate Professor    

 

To request PI Approval:

1. Please email your Chair with the following information about your request and the proposed project.

  • why PI status should be granted

  • CV of the requested PI

  • grant sponsor and program

  • start and end dates of the grant

  • budget of the grant

2. If they approve, forward the request on to the Divisional Dean, the Senior Associate Dean of Research (Xiaosong Li, xsli@uw.edu) and the CAS Research Administrative Specialist (Kristin Woodard, woodkm@uw.edu) for their consideration.

3. Please attach the email chain granting PI approval to the eGC1 (under Internal Documents for the College) before you route the eGC1. 

 

The Dean's office will keep record of the name, position title, and expiration date of all approvals. 

Incoming faculty who are interested in submitting a research proposal prior to their start date must be voted in by department faculty as affiliate faculty in order to be granted access to research systems for this purpose, and must obtain PI approval via the process listed above prior to submission.

For information on Postdoc PI Eligibility please refer here