diff --git a/coeus-api-all/pom.xml b/coeus-api-all/pom.xml
index a601c4f..81d09f8 100644
--- a/coeus-api-all/pom.xml
+++ b/coeus-api-all/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.kuali.coeus</groupId>
         <artifactId>coeus-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1509.0004-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1509.0004-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>coeus-api-all</artifactId>
     
diff --git a/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/Sponsorable.java b/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/Sponsorable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ccc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/Sponsorable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.kuali.coeus.common.api.sponsor;
+
+
+public interface Sponsorable {
+	
+	String getSponsorCode();
+
+    void setSponsorCode(String sponsorCode);
+    
+    String getPrimeSponsorCode();
+
+    void setPrimeSponsorCode(String primeSponsorCode);
+}
diff --git a/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/hierarchy/SponsorHierarchyService.java b/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/hierarchy/SponsorHierarchyService.java
index 6ec7e32..c1af634 100644
--- a/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/hierarchy/SponsorHierarchyService.java
+++ b/coeus-api-all/src/main/java/org/kuali/coeus/common/api/sponsor/hierarchy/SponsorHierarchyService.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.kuali.coeus.common.api.sponsor.hierarchy;
         
+import org.kuali.coeus.common.api.sponsor.Sponsorable;
         
 public interface SponsorHierarchyService {
     
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ public interface SponsorHierarchyService {
       */
     public boolean isSponsorNihMultiplePi(String sponsorCode);
     
+    /**
+     * Checks if a given sponsorable (sponsor or primesponsor) is in the NIH Multiple PI hierarchy for any level.
+     * @param sponsorable the sponsor object.  Cannot be blank.
+     * @return returns true if the sponsorable contains a sponsor code is a "NIH Multiple PI" type
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the sponsorable has neither sponsor nor primesponsor
+     */
+   public boolean isSponsorableNihMultiplePi(Sponsorable sponsorable);
+   
     /**
       * Checks if the sponsor code is a "NIH Other Significant Contributor" type.
       * @param sponsorCode the sponsor code.  Cannot be blank.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27cd412..13fbdb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.kuali.coeus</groupId>
     <artifactId>coeus-api</artifactId>
-    <version>1509.0004-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1509.0004-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>
         The Kuali Coeus API module contains service apis for the Kuali Coeus application.