Financial Conflict of Interest Policy Change

As PHS-funded investigators may be aware, the Public Health Service (PHS) has implemented a new regulation that governs Financial Conflict of Interest policies at institutions that accept PHS research funds. In order to ensure a continuous and seamless flow of proposal submissions and of award processing, The University of Texas at Austin will be implementing a revised Objectivity in Research policy and new procedures that incorporate necessary changes to meet the federal requirements.

The University’s revised policy requiring disclosure of financial interests applies to all individuals who are involved in the design, conduct or reporting of research with additional disclosure requirements for PHS funded researchers and staff working on PHS-funded studies. For more information on the new PHS policy, go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/coi_faqs.htm.

All future announcements pertaining to the policy and procedure change will be disseminated through Deans/Associate Deans for Research/Directors/Chairs, announced in the Research Alert, communicated via the Principal Investigator Network and Research Administrator Network listservs and will be posted on the Conflict of Interest website with a link from the Office of Sponsored Projects website.

Links:

Current Policy: http://www.utexas.edu/policies/hoppm/h0511.html
PHS CoI FAQs: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/coi_faqs.htm
PHS CoI Policy: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-25/pdf/2011-21633.pdf
OSP Web site:  http://www.utexas.edu/research/osp/index.html