Who is eligible to be a Principal Investigator(PI)?
All tenured/tenure-track faculty and research scientists can be Principle Investigators. Employees or appointees affiliated with the University of Maryland (i.e. adjunct faculty, graduate assistants, and postdoctoral associates) may be PIs with the endorsement of the department chairperson and dean. All PIs and Co-PIs must be listed on, and endorse, the internal routing form.