Awardee FAQs

Returning Aggregate Results to Study Participants

• What does it mean to return aggregate results to study participants? (for all PCORI-Funded Researchers)
• Is returning aggregate results to study participants a PCORI requirement? (for all PCORI-Funded Researchers)
• What projects do not have to return results? (for all PCORI-Funded Researchers)
• Have PCORI awardees been returning results to their participants? (for all PCORI-Funded Researchers)
• How is PCORI helping awardees funded before Cycle 2 2020 to return results to their study participants? (for Researchers Funded Prior to July 2020)
• What are these funds intended to cover? (for Researchers Funded Prior to July 2020)

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PCORI Policy on Public Access to Journal Articles Presenting Findings from PCORI-Funded Research

• What is PCORI’s Public Access Policy?
• How do I make a request for PCORI to cover open access fees?
• To publish as an Open-Access article, awardees will need to select a Creative Commons license. Does PCORI have a preference on the Creative Commons license option awardees select?

General Awardee Questions

• When are reports due?
• How do you update authorized users?

Data And Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)

• What data safety and monitoring updates should be provided to PCORI?
• Does PCORI require a data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) for all of its funded research projects?

Data Management and Data Sharing Policy

• What is the Policy for Data Management and Data Sharing?
• When was the Policy approved?
• Why did PCORI develop the Policy?
• How was the Policy for Data Management and Data Sharing developed?
• What does the Policy mean for Research Awardees funded through a funding announcement BEFORE Cycle 1 2019?
• What does the Policy mean for Research Awardees funded IN or AFTER Cycle 1 2019?

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Contract Budget

• Could a PI list administrative staff as a direct cost?
• What indirect cost rate should awardees use in their budget?
• What if an awardee does not have a federally negotiated or privately audited indirect cost rate?
• What if I want to spend funds differently than indicated in my proposal or award budget?
• Can I request supplemental funds after my contract is awarded?
• Do I need to request carryover between budget years?

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Contract Modifications/Amendments

• What should I do if I want to make changes to my project?
• Can a contract award be transferred from one institution to another?

Contract Activation/Execution

• How soon can I begin charging expenses to my award contract?
• Is the PCORI contract language negotiable?
• A subcontractor on a PCORI project is requesting edits to the contract between the prime institution and the subcontractor. Is the contract language negotiable?
• If there is a delay with the contract execution, will the period of performance be extended in equal measure?

General PCORI Questions

• Is PCORI a federal agency? What is PCORI’s Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)?Is PCORI a federal agency? What is PCORI’s Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)?
• Are funds in PCORI contract awards considered federal funds?
• How does a PCORI contract award differ from other types?
• What are PCORI’s sources of funding?
• Is PCORI subject to the Uniform Guidance Single Audit, Subpart F?
• Is an awardee receiving PCORI funding subject to federal audit requirements in relation to that particular PCORI award?

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Invoicing

• How should awardees bill personnel effort on invoices to PCORI?
• Does PCORI require effort certification reporting?
• Are subcontractors required to submit labor detail reports with invoices to the primary Awardee Institution?
• In place of a Financial Official, is an (Authorized) Administrative Official’s signature acceptable on invoices submitted to PCORI?
• What if an institution considers salary information as confidential information that cannot be shared with outside organizations?
• How do qualifying expenses on an award get paid?

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