To which grant mechanisms does the multiple PI model apply?
NIH allows applicants and their institutions to identify more than one Principal Investigator (PI) in most research grant applications submitted electronically through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/) using the SF424 R&R application package. Grant applications that now accommodate more than one PI include: R01, R03, R13/U13, R15, R18/U18, R21, R21/R33, R25, R33, R34, R41, R42, R43, R44, and C06/UC6 (see http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/strategy_timeline.htm). The multiple PI option will be extended to most other applications when they transition to electronic format. However, some types of applications, including individual career awards (K08, K23, etc.), individual fellowships (F31, F32, etc.), Dissertation Grants (R36), Director’s Pioneer Awards (DP1), and Shared Instrumentation Grants (S10) will not accommodate more than a single PI. The restriction to a single PI will be described in announcements for those programs. Paper applications submitted on PHS 398 application forms
