Can an academic staff member serve as a principal investigator?
The Chancellor has delegated to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School authority to grant approval for academic staff members to serve as principal investigators on extramural grants and contracts. Under Graduate School rules, an academic staff member may serve as Principal Investigator (PI) on proposals and awards by requesting Limited PI Status (http://www.grad.wisc.edu/research/limitedpi.html) on a project-by-project basis or, if eligible, by requesting Permanent Principal Investigator Status (see http://www.grad.wisc.edu/research/permpi.html).
