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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Funding proposals that have more than one Principal Investigator (PI) require a PI Certification from each PI.</span><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">A ‘PI Certification Request’ is sent to all individuals with the role of PI/PD.
<u>Please note</u>: For Continuations, only the lead PI will receive the PI Certification, and all other PIs will need to upload their certifications as an attachment in MyFunding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Please see the associated </span><a href="https://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/grants.gov-research-plan-upload-and-PI-certification-060818.pdf"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Quick Guide</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">
for funding proposals being submitted </span><a href="https://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/glossary-of-terms/#s"><span style="font-family:Roboto">System-to-System</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333"> (i.e., via Grants.Gov) within MyFunding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">Please see the associated </span><a href="https://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/non-grants.gov-proposal-attachment-and-PI-certification-060818.pdf"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Quick Guide</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">
for funding proposals being submitted within MyFunding as </span><a href="https://electronicresearch.pitt.edu/glossary-of-terms/#o" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Roboto">‘Other (Submitted by Office of Sponsored Programs)</span><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333;text-decoration:none">’
(e.g., Research.Gov) or ‘</span><span style="font-family:Roboto">Other (Submitted by Department)</span><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333;text-decoration:none">’ (e.g., Pitt as a subrecipient to another university)</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333">.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Roboto;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">For any questions related to the PERIS™ project, using MyFunding, or to arrange training, please email
</span><a href="mailto:peristeam@pitt.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:blue">peristeam@pitt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">, or visit the
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