• the seven-digit number assigned to any sponsored project application before the application is awarded or to any nonfinancial contract signed after January 1, 2007
  
  
• will remain the same throughout a given funding cycle of a sponsored project or the life of a nonfinancial contract; a new institution number will be issued at the time a competive renewal application is submitted
  
  
• also referred to as I number or I#
  
  
• assigned by the Office of Research
  
  

• the six digit project segment of the 32 digit account number assigned to a specific sponsored award
  (see http://www.cfo.pitt.edu/prism/docs/coadiagramrev.pdf)
  
  
• this number may change annually based upon the terms of award
  
  
• assigned by Research/Cost Accounting
  

Institution Number and Project Number will co-exist:

• an award/fully executed agreement/add-on is received in the Office of Research, processed, and sent to Research/Cost Accounting for project number assignment. Research/Cost Accounting will track the project by the Project Number.
  
  
• the Office of Research will continue to track an award/fully executed agreement by the Institution Number.
  

• once a Project Number is assigned, reference the Institution Number as well as the Project Number
  
  
• for resubmissions (previous submitted applications), reference the original Institution Number on the 136 form(s) (formerly referred to as stock(s) form(s))
  
  
• for add-ons, continuations, and revisions, reference the Institution Number as well as the Project Number where indicated on the 136-1 form (formerly referred to as stock form)
  
  
• for nonfinancial contracts like Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements ( CDAs/NDAs), etc. signed after January 1, 2007, reference the Institution Number