General Statements for Grant Applications for PIs with NU/NMFF Appointments

For NU/NMFF PIs without VA appointments

Dr. ___________ has an appointment with Northwestern University (NU) and with the affiliated Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation clinical practice plan (NMFF). The institutional base salary used in this application represents the combined salary from both NU and NMFF, which is paid by NU under a common paymaster. The number of person months in this application represents NU effort on the proposed project in relation to professional effort encompassed by the dual NU and NMFF appointments.

For NU/NMFF PIs with VA Appointments

Dr. ___________ has an appointment with Northwestern University (NU) and with the affiliated Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation clinical practice plan (NMFF), and with the Veterans Administration (VA). This arrangement is defined in a formal NU-VA Joint Appointment Memorandum of Understanding. The institutional base salary used in this application represents the combined salary from both NU and NMFF, which is paid by NU under a common paymaster system; it does not include salary from the VA appointment. The number of person months in this application represents NU effort on the proposed project in relation to professional effort for the dual NU and NMFF appointments.