Can a Signing Official and a PI be the same person in the Commons? Does that person need to register as both PI and SO?
Both the Principal Investigator (PI) and Signing Official (SO) need separate accounts in eRA Commons since both need to verify the application. If you are the SO for your organization as well as a PI of the grant, you will need two separate accounts with different user names – one with SO authority and one with PI authority.
