Who is considered an "investigator" for purposes of outside interest disclosure?

An "investigator" is defined as a project director or principal investigator and/or any other person, regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research, which may may include, for example, collaborators or consultatants.

Any U-M faculty member, staff member, or student who meets this definition must be listed in one of the following investigator roles on a Proposal Approval Form (PAF) for sponsored funding or a sponsored award (AWD) and is responsible for disclosing their outside activities in M-Inform and complying with the U-M COI in Research policy:

• U-M Principal Investigator
• U-M Sponsor Principal Investigator
• Participating Investigator with Specified Effort
• Participating Investigator without Specified Effort
• Other Non-Faculty Investigator