The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) supports the pre-award process for our faculty and university community through value-added, high-quality service and professional partnerships with Principal Investigators in order to facilitate world-changing research.
Responsibility for setting the direction of research at Florida Tech University ultimately lies with our faculty. A Principal Investigator (PI) is typically a member of the faculty who bears responsibility for the intellectual leadership of a project.
The PI accepts overall responsibility for directing the research, financial oversight of the funding, as well as compliance with relevant University policies, federal regulations, and sponsor terms and conditions of an award. This includes research grants, cooperative agreements, training or service projects, clinical studies, and other sponsored projects.
PIs, departments and colleges do not have the authority to execute contracts or agreements on behalf of Florida Tech.