Office for Responsible Outside Interests

COI:  Income received from the University of Arizona is exempt from the COI disclosure requirements

Outside Commitments require prior approval.  In an ideal world, the COC form would be submitted in eDisclosure 4 weeks prior to the start date to ensure college and department reviewers have an opportunity to review the form, resolve concerns and/or implement a management plan.  Realizing that submission 4 weeks prior to the start date is not always possible, we ask that individuals email us to flag a fast-approaching start date so that we can work with the approvers to ensure all questions ar

If the Outside Commitment is not approved, the individual cannot engage in the Outside Commitment.

OROI is available to work with college/department approvers to discuss concerns and develop a COC management plan.  More details about the COC review process are available on our COC & COI Review Processes webpage. 

Outside Commitments require prior approval.

Both.  Outside Commitments must be disclosed in eDisclosure, at which time OROI will initiate the review process.  

More details about the COC review process are available on our COC & COI Review Processes webpage. 

Research and Research Project mean any organized program of scientific inquiry that involves a systematic investigation, study, or experiment designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge that is performed at or under the auspices of the University. Research includes non-sponsored research, research fellowship and training programs, and research-related activities in undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral education.

A foreign entity is:

Investigators must:

At the time of proposal submission to a federal funding agency, Investigators must have an up-to-date COI certification.  That means each Investigator has:

In the past, University Employees were asked to disclose Outside Commitments in the COC database and Outside Interests in the COI database.