Does HHMI provide professional liability (medical malpractice) insurance for the early career scientist who has patient-care responsibilities?
No. We require that the host institution provide the early career scientist with professional liability (medical malpractice) coverage. I have been asked to be a PI on a clinical trial that would be funded by a company. Is this a problem for HHMI? HHMI has a number of requirements relating to company-sponsored trials. These include the following: • The company funding may be used only for patient care costs, not to support research in the laboratory of the early career scientist; • There can be no salary support for the early career scientist or any staff in the laboratory, whether or not employed by HHMI; • Publication must be allowed on terms HHMI considers acceptable; and • The agreement with the corporate sponsor cannot interfere with the early career scientist’s ability to pursue his or her own research program effectively. I am already a PI on a company-funded clinical trial that is expected to run for the next couple of years. If I become an early career scientist, will HHMI sti
