кто это - initiating colleague? gen.

[Fight_fox]

Предложение такое:

The initiating colleague should request that the Medical Association accept direct payment to the Medical Association rather than to the Vendor.

или такое:

In addition, the initiating colleague must analyze the grant requestor, the controllers of the Medical Association, as well as any known beneficiaries of the grant.

Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести "initiating colleague". Заранее спасибо.