It is possible to change an award from a single principal investigator (PI) to a multiple PI award, but you as the grant recipient would need to request and receive NIAID’s prior approval to make such a change.
Our approval isn’t guaranteed. As laid out in our Change of Principal Investigator SOP, you must provide the following information alongside your request:
- Scientific justification for the change
- Leadership Plan as detailed in the competing announcement
- Designation of a contact PI who is physically located at the recipient institution
- Biographical sketches and other support information for additional PIs
- Budgetary implications of the change
- Proposed changes in scope
To learn more about multiple PI awards and Leadership Plans, read Multiple Principal Investigators.