diff --git a/plstackapi/core/models/role.py b/plstackapi/core/models/role.py
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+import os
+import datetime
+from django.db import models
+from plstackapi.core.models import PlCoreBase
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+class Role(PlCoreBase):
+
+    ROLE_CHOICES = (('admin', 'Admin'), ('pi', 'Principle Investigator'), ('user','User'))
+    role_id = models.CharField(max_length=256, unique=True)
+    role_type = models.CharField(max_length=80, unique=True, choices=ROLE_CHOICES)
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return u'%s' % (self.role_type)
+
+    def save(self):
+        if not self.id:
+            self.created = datetime.date.today()
+        self.updated = datetime.datetime.today()
+        super(Role, self).save()