NIH PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ASSURANCE DOCUMENT

A new policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (http://www.nih.gov) replaces the need for the signatures of the Principal Investigator(s) on grant applications, progress reports and prior approval requests with a written assurance signed by the PI for each document that is retained among the records of Bryn Mawr College (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-054.html) The retention of these signed assurances is a requirement by the College and the assurances must be available to the sponsoring agency or other authorized HHS or Federal officials upon request. This process applies to grant applications, each progress report for a particular grant and each prior approval request.

• When multiple PIs are proposed in an application, this assurance must be retained for all named PIs.

• This change is effective with competing applications submitted for submission/receipt dates May 10, 2006 and thereafter.

Because you are the PI or co-PI on a grant application or grant award to which this standard is applicable, you are required to make the following certification.

CERTIFICATION

I, __________________________________________ hereby certify that the information contained in the _____________________submitted this ___ day of _________, 20__ is true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

I understand that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties.

I accept responsibility for the scientific conduct of the project and agree to provide the required progress reports if a grant is awarded as a result of the application.

Signature of Principal Investigator or Key Personnel:

________________________________________

Date:

NIH PI Assurance Certification 4/2006