Chapter 7: Project Personnel Roles
Project Personnel Roles
Project Personnel Roles are separate from Security roles. These are roles that can be assigned to Awards, Projects and Tasks to be used in reporting. Project roles are recommended to only assign 1 person in each role at each level (except Key Person).
Project Role Name |
Description |
Level role should be assigned to |
|---|---|---|
| Project Manager | Manages the execution and completion of a single project. Creates budgets, plans, and schedules. Sources and allocates resources such as labor, subcontractors, materials, and equipment. Tracks physical and financial project performance, changes, and issues. Ensures proper billing and cost transfers. Communicates status and project performance to program managers and project executives. | Projects |
| Principal Investigator | Controls and monitors the technical direction and academic quality of research projects such as laboratory studies or clinical trials. Ensures that projects comply with the terms, conditions, and policies defined by the sponsor and the institution. Owns ultimate responsibility for the management of the sponsored research award, especially in cases where funding is obtained from federal agencies such as the NIH. | Awards |
|
Team Member
|
Performs, tracks, and reports progress on project and no project work. | Awards and Projects |
|
SPF Supervisor
|
SPF Supervisor | Awards |
|
SPF Accountant
|
SPF Accountant supporting award/project | Awards |
|
GA Supervisor
|
GA Supervisor | Projects |
|
GA Accountant
|
GA Accountant supporting project | Projects |
|
Agreement Biller Supervisor
|
Clinical Trial SPARM Biller Supervisor | Awards |
|
Agreement Biller
|
Clinical Trial SPARM Biller | Awards |
|
Collections Support
|
Clinical Trial Collections Support | Awards |
|
MSO/DBO/CAO
|
Chief Administrative Officer of Department | Awards and Projects |
|
Fund Manager
|
Fund Manager supporting the administration of a project | Awards and Projects |
|
Fiscal Manager
|
Manager of a group of financial activities. Same as CT Department Supervisor | Awards and Projects |
|
Key Person on NOA
|
Key Person listed on Sponsored Projects NOA in addition to PI | Awards |
|
Pre-Award Office Contact
|
Pre-Award Office Contact | Awards |
|
Task Manager
|
PI for the task | Task |
|
Task Fund Manager
|
Fund Manager for the task | Task |
Use PADUA to update project roles. Use Services and Support to submit a ticket for mass personnel updates until available in PADUA.
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