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Object template

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator is a CASRAI object template identifying the researcher who leads and takes responsibility for a research activity.

Principal Investigator identifies the researcher who leads a research activity, recording their name together with a typed unique person identifier.

The object lets a research activity or grant record reference its lead investigator consistently, forming part of the CASRAI-derived structured object model.

Fields

4 fields

Field nameTypeDefinitionBound to
Family Name*textA person's surname.—
First nametextA person's given name.—
ID TypepicklistThe nominal type of unique ID used for a principal investigator.person-id-types
IDidentifierThe unique ID used for a principal investigator.—

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