PCORI has a limit on the amount of salary a person can collect under a contract. If an individual’s salary is $250,000, can the applicant charge $200,000 to the contract at 80 percent of the individual’s time?

No. Applicants must use no more than the maximum allowed salary amount as the base for calculating the amount of the salary request. For example, if the base salary is $250,000 and an individual will work on the project 80 percent of the year, then the applicant may only charge $160,000 to the PCORI project ($200,000 *80% = $160,000).