Proposals may include work to be done at one or more other institutions. In these cases, the other participating institutions may be considered to be subrecipients under the University’s (prime) award.
The Principal Investigator (PI) must make case-by-case classifications to determine if the work conducted by the other participating institution is to carry out a portion of the prime award (subrecipient), or if the participating entity is providing goods or services to Columbia in a procurement relationship (contractor).