NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) Key Personnel & Measurable Effort

NIH requires that “key personnel” commit “measurable effort” to any sponsored project on which they are named. It is no longer acceptable to list mentors and similar “key personnel” on research proposals with 0% effort. Any persons listed as key personnel must have at least 1% committed effort on the award in question, regardless of whether funds are requested for those personnel to be paid directly from the grant.

If salary for these types of personnel is not paid directly from the award, it should be cost shared support from other funding sources.

For additional information on this article, please contact Sharon Boyd at 3-2036 or via e-mail at sgb4n@virginia.edu.