From editor@principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org  Wed Nov 18 14:36:56 2009
Return-Path: <editor@principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org>
Received: from principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org (cgw-53-74.66.216-eh.jbvglobalsolutions.net [216.66.74.53])
	by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAIMattq031877
	for <XXX@XXXXXXXX.XXXXXXX.XXX>; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:55 -0800
Message-Id: <200911182236.nAIMattq031877@smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX>
From: "PI eAlert" <editor@principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org>
Subject: Your Issue: November 18, 2009
To: XXX@XXXXXXXX.XXXXXXX.XXX
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:41 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-SCORE: 2164
Content-Type: text/html;
	format=flowed;
	charset="iso-8859-1";
	reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-FBL: 609220
X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2009-11-18_09:2009-11-16,2009-11-18,2009-11-18 signatures=0
X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=100 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-0911180219

<html><body class='st23804' ><table width='500' border='0' align='center' cellpadding='2' cellspacing='3' style='font-size:12px;'><tr> <td align='center'><p align='center'><a href='XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/view.php/609220/49772'>View this email as Webpage</a></p></td></tr></table><p align="center"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Please add "<a href="mailto:editor@principalinvestigators.org">editor@principalinvestigators.org</a>" to your whitelist or address book, so that you have no trouble receiving future issues!</font></p>
<table style="WIDTH: 570px; HEIGHT: 600px" border="2" bordercolor="#ff0000" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="WIDTH: 570px" valign="top"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" alt="PI e-Alert banner" src="XXXXXXXimages.principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/imagehosting/8815/3773.gif"><br>&nbsp; 
<table width="570">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><strong>PI e-Alert weekly e-zine is delivered worldwide.</strong></font> <font size="2" face="sans-serif">Feel free to <a href="mailto:?subject=PI e-ALERT weekly">share</a> this issue with friends and colleagues. <a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4006692" target="_blank">Subscribe Today</a>!</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table width="570" bgcolor="#ffffcc">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" face="sans-serif">P.I. e-Alert&nbsp;features expert advice on managerial and administrative challenges which confront Principal Investigators in every field of science research. If such matters are not of interest to you or your associates, please accept our apologies and &#8220;unsubscribe&#8221; at the bottom of the page.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<hr style="WIDTH: 570px; HEIGHT: 1px" color="#ff0000" noshade="">

<table style="WIDTH: 570px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><font size="5" face="sans-serif">Research Compliance: Foreign Student Permitted On Project?</font></strong> </p>
<p align="right">No. 3, November 16-20, 2009</p>
<p><font size="2"><strong>Reader Question:</strong> <em>We have a new scientist coming to my lab from China, but a corporate sponsor of our research only wants U.S. citizens working on the project. We aren&#8217;t doing any kind of top secret or classified work, so this request came as a real surprise to us. Does the sponsor have a right to do this? Are there any other things we need to be aware of in having a non-U.S. citizen working in our lab?</em></font> </p>
<p align="left"><font size="2"><strong>Expert Comments:</strong> The sponsor might have a legitimate reason to be concerned. U.S. export control regulations can limit who works on certain research projects, and sponsors often do require that only U.S. citizens work on projects that are subject to those export controls. But perhaps you&#8217;re not doing any of the research outside the United States, so where&#8217;s the &#8220;export&#8221; part that causes worry? </font></p>
<p><font size="2">Strangely enough, export control regulations also may apply to activities that take place <em>inside</em> the United States. Specifically, they may apply to &#8220;deemed exports,&#8221; which are the transfer, inside the U.S., of information or technology to a foreign national (a non-U.S. citizen or permanent resident). Further, the technology doesn&#8217;t have to be top secret or classified for export control regulations to apply. </font><br><br><font size="2">In a nutshell, export control regulations come in three &#8220;flavors&#8221;: </font>
</p><blockquote>(a) U.S. State Department&#8217;s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which cover defense-related items, services and technical data; <br><br>(b) U.S. Department of the Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Controls regulations (OFAC), which may prohibit payments to certain embargoed countries or to companies/individuals on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDNL); and <br><br>(c) U.S. Department of Commerce&#8217;s Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which cover &#8220;dual-use&#8221; items and technology (i.e., ,materials with potential commercial and military/security applications). If an item or technology is subject to export control regulations and no exclusion or exception applies, then you may have to get a license from the U.S. government to take the item/technology outside of the United States, or to have a foreign national work on it inside the United States<font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </blockquote>
<p align="right"><font size="2"><a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4006715" target="_blank">View the remainder of the expert comments</a></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><em>Comments by <strong>Kristin H. West,</strong> J.D., Associate V.P. and Director, Office of Research Compliance, Emory University Atlanta </em></font></p><p align="center"><font size="2">Agree? Disagree? <a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4006738" target="_blank">Submit your comments</a></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<hr style="WIDTH: 570px; HEIGHT: 1px" color="#ff0000" noshade="">

<table width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="center"><strong><em><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&#9658;&#9658;</font><font size="4" face="sans-serif">Preview of Next Week's Question</font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&#9668;&#9668;</font></em></strong></p>
<p align="right"><font size="2">No. 4, November 23-27, 2009</font></p>
<p><font size="2"><strong>Reader Question:</strong> <em>I recently received the reviewers' summary sheets for my first R01 research grant submission. The score was encouraging, but not fundable. The reviewers&#8217; criticisms, however, were all mild and addressable, and did not represent specific flaws in the work itself. Two reviewers commented that the program is an ambitious one, and that perhaps I need to cut back on at least two of the proposed studies. I could easily do that, so why didn&#8217;t I get the funding? What am I missing?</em></font></p><br>
<p align="center"><a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4012764"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" alt="Early-bird comments" src="XXXXXXXimages.principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/imagehosting/8815/3771.gif"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4006761" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" alt="Submit your own question" src="XXXXXXXimages.principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/imagehosting/8815/3772.gif"></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<hr style="WIDTH: 570px; HEIGHT: 1px" color="#ff0000" noshade="">

<p align="center"><a href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/go.php/609220/49772/4006692" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" alt="Subscribe at No Charge" src="XXXXXXXimages.principalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/imagehosting/8815/3774.gif"></a></p>
<hr style="WIDTH: 570px; HEIGHT: 3px" color="#ff0000" noshade="">

<table width="100%" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">This issue was brought to you as a service by <em>Principal Investigators Association</em>. If you have general questions or comments contact us at <a href="mailto:editor@principalinvestigators.org">editor@principalinvestigators.org</a>. </font>
<p><font size="1" face="sans-serif">* Please note that in some cases the unsubscribe links in these messages can become broken by the way that an email program displays the message. If you are having trouble unsubscribing you may also forward this message to <a href="mailto:editor@principalinvestigators.org">unsubscribe@principalinvestigators.org</a> with the word 'remove' in the email message subject line. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Principal Investigators Association <br>3565 10th St N, Suite B<br>Naples, FL 34103 USA<br>(800) 303-0129 </font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><!-- BEGIN OO 15148 -->
<br><br>
<table width="500" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3">
<tr>
 <td align="center"><p align="center">
 <a     href="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/manage.php/609220/49772"  ><img  src="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/img.gif"       alt="    " border="0"></a>
	  <br>
	  <img src="XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigatorsadvisors.org/v.php/609220/49772" border="0">
	  <font color="#999999" face="arial, verdana" size="2">
	  <br>
	  Research Resources<br>4301 Gulfshore Blvd., #1404 - Naples, FL 34103 US
	  </font>
	  </p></td></tr></table>
<!-- END OO --></body></html>