Neal, there are times when there is a difference and I suggest keeping them separate.  There are also times in large research labs where research associates are actually the first line supervisor for the lab.

We also have a very limited number of persons that can become a Principal Investigator on a grant project without being a faculty member.  (e.g., I was recently a PI (required an exception from the VP and Dean of Research) on a Department of Education grant for emergency management program development and spent way too much time on administrative paperwork issues for the grant –now have a better idea of PIs have to contend with on that end).

Larry

For those of you in academic settings, particularly in major research institutions –

Are there documented cases of a person being a “PI” and NOT being a faculty member.  That is, a “research professor” is still a faculty member.  Asked another way, is the wording

“faculty and Principal Investigators” redundant?

nl

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