The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Office (IACUC) will verify that each person listed as a researcher or investigator on any ongoing study has an annual COI disclosure form on file and will require new study researchers or investigators to comply with the Policy. If a researcher or investigator does not have a form on file, the principal investigator will be informed of this requirement and should receive follow-up instructions from the Conflicts of Interest Office.
Applicability:
NIH Guidelines
42 CFR 50.602 Applicability
As used in this subpart: HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and any components of the Department to which the authority involved may be delegated. Institution means any domestic or foreign, public or private, entity or organization (excluding a Federal agency). Investigator means the principal investigator and any other person who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research funded by PHS, or proposed for such funding. For purposes of the requirements of this subpart relating to financial interests, "Investigator'' includes the Investigator's spouse and dependent children.
[http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/index.htm]
Indiana University Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
This Policy applies to all persons at IU who are "Investigators" on University research projects or sponsored programs, as defined in Section 2 below. An "Investigator" is anyone who participates in designing research, collecting research data or performing other substantive research activities, or reporting research; and anyone who participates in designing, conducting, or reporting with respect to a sponsored program. Investigators may include: (1) academic appointees; (2) staff or students who are involved in the design, conduct, or reporting of research or sponsored programs; and (3) emeritus faculty to the extent that they still actively perform research or sponsored programs under the auspices of the University.[http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/coi.htm]
For further information please contact the Indiana University COI office at < iupuicoi@iupui.edu >.
