PI Qualification Chart

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Rank	Qualifies as Principal Investigator PI/co-PI	Requires Approval for Each Proposal
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
President and Academic Officers	X
Professor	X
Associate Professor	X
Assistant Professor	X
Instructor (full-time only)	X
Lecturer with rank of Professor (full-time only)	X
Lecturer (full-time only)	X
Lecturer with Continuing Appointment (full-time only)	X
Senior Lecturer	X
All other faculty / visiting faculty ranks		X
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH STAFF
Professional Research Staff – CAMPUS
Senior Research _____ (by discipline, i.e. Chemist, Engineer, Physicist, etc.)	X
Research Scholar/Research ____(by discipline, i.e. Chemist, Engineer, Physicist, etc.)	X
Associate Research Scholars¹	X ¹
Professional Researchers – PPPL
Principal Research Physicist, Senior Managing	X
Principal Research Physicist, Managing	X
Principal Research Physicist	X
Research Physicist	X
All other research staff ranks–Campus or PPPL⁴		X⁴
Visiting Professional Researchers		X
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING STAFF – PPPL
Senior Managing Engineer	X
Managing Engineer	X
Principal Engineer	X
Senior Engineer	X
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL STAFF
Senior Professional Specialist²	X ²
All other specialist ranks – Campus or PPPL		X

PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY STAFF³
University Librarian	X
Deputy University Librarian	X
Associate University Librarian	X
Associate University Librarian without continuing appointment	X
Senior Librarian	X
Librarian III	X
Librarian with continuing appointment	X
Librarian II	X (co-PI only)
Librarian without continuing appointment	X (co-PI only)
Associate Librarian	X (co-PI only)
All other Librarian Ranks		X

If graduate students are involved in the project, a faculty member or other individual authorized to supervise graduate students must fulfill the appropriate advising responsibilities. The submitting department is obligated to assure compliance with this policy.
If the appointing department specifically requests PI status at the time the appointment/promotion request is presented to the Committee on Appointments and Advancements for the Professional Researchers and Professional Specialists (C/7), and it is approved by the C/7, these individuals may serve as PI or co-PI without special URB approval. In all other situations, special URB approval must be requested and obtained.
All eligible Librarians must first receive approval from the University Librarian to serve as a PI or co-PI on a funding proposal.
It is the longstanding practice of the University that if PI or co-PI status is granted and the requested funding is then awarded, the awardee must be promoted to a PI-eligible rank.

Revised March 2013