- All full-time (0.50 UA FTE or greater) University Employees must disclose their Outside Activity and receive prior approval from their supervisor – department head and dean for faculty – prior to engaging in the disclosed Outside Activity. Agreements with foreign entities, the original and a translated version, must be attached to the disclosure.
- Supervisors – department head and dean for faculty – are responsible for (1) reviewing all Outside Activity, (2) identifying Conflicts of Commitment and (3) ensuring they are properly mitigated through implementation of a management plan or elimination.
- OROI will process management plans for signature and upload a copy to eDisclosure. OROI is also available to assist with developing management terms and/or drafting management plans.
- Full-time University Employees cannot engage in an Outside Activity until it has been approved and the management plan, if required, is fully executed.
- All Investigators, regardless of their UArizona FTE, are responsible for disclosing their Outside Activity, including all Other Support. Agreements with foreign entities, the original and a translated version, must be attached to the disclosure.
- Supervisors – department head and dean for faculty – are responsible for (1) reviewing all Outside Activity and Other Support, (2) identifying Conflicts of Commitment and (3) ensuring they are properly mitigated through implementation of a management plan or elimination.
- OROI will process management plans for signature and upload a copy to eDisclosure. OROI is also available to assist with developing management terms and/or drafting management plans.
- PIs are responsible for identifying the Investigators on their project. The following guidance is available to assist PIs in making that determination: Who is an Investigator? and Identifying Investigators & COI Disclosers.
- All disclosures must be made in eDisclosure. Once an Outside Activity or Other Support is disclosed in eDisclosure, it will persist across the discloser’s future certifications.
- Reviewers should rely on OROI’s Guidance for Reviewing Outside Activity & Other Support when making a COC determination.
- Being a party to/participating in a malign foreign talent program is prohibited. Individuals should contact OROI (coi@arizona.edu) for review of agreements/documents to determine whether a foreign talent program is a malign foreign talent program.
- To request a preliminary COC review for a prospective DCC, the prospective DCC can submit a disclosure here: Conflict Disclosure Form for Subcontractors, Consultants, and Collaborators. (Select “Designated Campus Colleague Pre-Review” as Reason for Disclosure and Disclosure Type. This pre-review will not result in a fee to the individual.)