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I am planning a personal trip to a foreign country this summer (outside my time paid by UA). There will be no money from UA spent, or received. Is there a form to fill if I give a seminar (unpaid, published materials)?

Below, please find a list of the potential points of disclosure. 

I am planning a personal trip to a foreign country. There will be no money from UA spent, or received. Is there a form to fill if I give a seminar (unpaid, published materials)?

Below, please find a list of the potential points of disclosure. 

I am planning a personal trip to Japan (outside my time paid by UA). There will be no money from UA spent, or received. I would like to plan for some visits to colleagues at local universities while traveling. Is there a COI form I need to fill in?

Below, please find a list of the potential points of disclosure.

Do parents count as immediate relatives for a student conducting research or is it just dependents?

No, you do not have to disclose your parent’s Outside Interests. 

Federal regulations only require that you disclose you and your Family Member’s Outside Interests.  Family Member means one's spouse, domestic partner and/or dependent child. 

We need to submit disclosures for three subaward partners as part of a program. Does EACH subaward partner need to submit ONE disclosure or do ALL individuals from each subaward need to submit a disclosure?

 All Investigators on each subaward will be required to complete the training and disclosure requirements. An Investigator means any person who shares the responsibility of Conducting Research. Conducting Research includes the design, development, testing, evaluation, conduct, reporting, review, and oversight of a program of scientific inquiry.  Each Investigator will need to submit an individual disclosure.

I was contacted by a company asking me to give a compensated consultation to some investors, is there any UA regulation about that?

University Employees whose FTE is 0.50 or greater, are required to disclose any activity that meets the definition of an Outside Commitment or Outside Employment by submitting a disclosure of Outside Commitment or Employment (COC form) via eDisclosure.

What is Budgetary Overlap?

NIH describes Budgetary Overlap as: "Budgetary Overlap occurs when duplicate or equivalent budgetary items (e.g., equipment, salary) are requested in an application but are already provided by another source."

What is Scientific Overlap?

NIH describes Scientific Overlap as: "Scientific Overlap occurs when substantially similar research is proposed in more than one application or is submitted to two or more different funding sources for review and funding consideration; or a specific research objective and the experimental design for accomplishing that objective are the same or closely related in two or more applications or awards, regardless of funding source."

What is a Financial Conflict of Interest?

Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) means an Outside Interest is Related to, or can be perceived to be Related to, an individual’s institutional responsibilities.

How is Arizona’s COI law applied to Research and Startup Companies?

 

What is Arizona’s COI Law?

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