{"id":2196,"date":"2017-08-31T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-spo.sites.unc.edu\/?page_id=2196"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:50:04","slug":"pi-effort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/policies-procedures\/pi-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator (PI) Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Introduction<\/h4>\n<p>As a Principal Investigator (PI) or a research administrator, you play a crucial role in leading and supporting your project. To reflect this, PIs need to dedicate at least 1% of their time to the project during one reporting period, regardless of whether their salary is an allowable cost.<\/p>\n<h4>UNC\u2019s Operating Standards &amp; Procedures<\/h4>\n<p>The following excerpt is taken directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/osp.unc.edu\/compliance\/operating-standards-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC\u2019s Operating Standards &amp; Procedures<\/a>, specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.unc.edu\/TDClient\/2833\/Portal\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=132333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">600.5 \u2013 Effort Reporting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cPrincipal Investigators (PIs) must commit and expend at least 1% effort during at least one effort reporting period of performance to accurately reflect their leadership of the project and meet this requirement.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Effort Commitment:<\/strong> As a PI, you need to commit a certain amount of effort to your project. This commitment is expressed as a percentage of your total university effort. As a research administrator, you should ensure that this commitment is met.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Effort Reporting:<\/strong> PIs need to report their effort accurately to reflect their leadership in the project and meet project requirements. Research administrators should assist in this process to ensure accuracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minimum Requirement:<\/strong> PIs need to commit and expend at least 1% effort during at least one effort reporting period, even if their salary is not an allowable cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>Remember, your commitment and support are vital to the success of your project. Make sure to accurately report effort and meet the project requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction As a Principal Investigator (PI) or a research administrator, you play a crucial role in leading and supporting your project. To reflect this, PIs need to dedicate at least 1% of their time to the project during one reporting period, regardless of whether their salary is an allowable cost. UNC\u2019s Operating Standards &amp; Procedures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/policies-procedures\/pi-effort\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Principal Investigator (PI) Effort\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68816,"featured_media":0,"parent":2174,"menu_order":48,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2196\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}