{"id":65427,"date":"2026-04-17T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/egc1-forms\/egc1-pi-personnel-organizations-page\/principal-investigator\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:01:28","slug":"principal-investigator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/egc1-forms\/egc1-pi-personnel-organizations-page\/principal-investigator\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every eCG1 must have a Principal Investigator (PI) listed on the PI, Personnel, & Organizations page. For additional information on who can be a PI, review the UW Research Personnel<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>The person you select to be the PI must have the SAGE ASTRA role of PI. If the person does not, you will see a dialog warning message. The PI must have this role before you can route the application for approval. Each department manages who may be a PI.<\/p>\n

In the case of career development applications there could be a difference in the eGC1 PI and the PI on the sponsor’s application. See the article on the Application PI<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

To add the PI, select\u00a0Look Up Principal Investigator <\/strong>and use the Personnel Chooser<\/a> to search for the PI. You can enter all or part of the person\u2019s name, or search by their UW NetID or Employee ID (EID). Some individuals have more than one appointment. Use the Academic Appointment Type and Unit information to pick the appropriate one for the project.<\/p>\n

Once you add a PI, the Change the Principal Investigator?<\/strong> link displays.<\/p>\n

\"Principal<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>If your eGC1 has a connected SAGE Budget, read the SAGE Budget and eGC1 Shared Access Data<\/a> page to learn how PI information is displayed.<\/p>\n

Data for the PI comes\u00a0from the UW Directory <\/a>and Workday academic appointment or position information.<\/p>\n