What is the expected role of a consultant or a collaborator on a SCORE individual award?
A. Consultants from outside the applicant institution are individuals who have committed to contributing intellectually to the scientific project development or its execution, but are not committing any specified measurable effort (in person months). These individuals are typically presented as “effort of 0 person months” or “as needed.” This would also be the appropriate way of designating the role/effort of a mentor on a project. Collaborators, who are recognized experts in a field from the applicant institution or another institution, generally provide expertise in a very specific aspect of the execution of the proposed project in which the PI does not have any experience or has limited experience, (e.g., with a research protocol, running a test on some samples, etc.). Only collaborators from the applicant institution may be paid for the limited time, not to exceed 2 person months, devoted to a specific area of the project. Travel for external domestic collaborators or for the PI to
