The Project Director or Principal Investigator (PD/PI) and any other person, regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research funded by the PHS/NSF, or proposed for such funding, which may include, collaborators or consultants.
It is the responsibility of the PD/PI to ensure that all individuals who fall within the definition of a PHS/NSF Investigator are properly identified as such either on the Proposal Development document (if MSU employees) or on other proposal documents (if subrecipients or consultants).