Potential Financial Conflicts of Interests (FCOI) Reporting
Report only if the family member has a connection to the investigators university responsibility (e.g., shared scholarship, or collaborate on the same funded project) or financial interest in the research field (e.g., equity interest in the sponsoring company or beneficiary of intellectual property used on a sponsored project).
Significant Financial Interest (SFI) is anything of monetary value, including but not limited to:
- Salary or other payments not made by GS for services (e.g., in-kind compensation, consulting fees or honoraria)
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if paid through GS or the 橘子视频 Research Services Foundation (GSRSF) on any sponsored agreement.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if adjunct teaching for an institution of higher education if previously reported to the Dean of your college.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if the consulting arrangement is with an entity that neither participates in funding nor benefits your scholarship.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if the total value is less than $5,000 for a single for-profit entity.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if payment is in the form of dividends.
Equity interests (e.g., stocks, stock options, or other ownership interests);
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if the total value is less than $5,000 in a single for-profit entity.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if held in a mutual fund or hedge fund
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if managed by a third party where the investigator has no say in financial or purchase/sell decisions.
Intellectual property rights (e.g., patents, copyrights, and corresponding royalties);
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if the aggregate value of income from the Intellectual Property is less than $5,000 unless that Intellectual Property is a component of funded research.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽if the Intellectual Property is in the form of royalty based upon a copyrighted textbook.
Travel that is prepaid or reimbursed by any source other than a federal, state or local government agency, institution of higher education or academic teaching hospital, medical center or research institute affiliated with an institution of higher education that is provided based upon the investigators professional expertise or University association.
- Report only if the faculty member also receives Public Health Service (PHS) funding.
- Exception: Don鈥檛 report聽direct reimbursement of expenses for conference presentation. (e.g., registration or hotel expense)
Family relationships that preclude an arm鈥檚 length business transaction.
- Report only if聽the family member has a connection to the investigator’s university responsibility (e.g., a shared scholarship or collaboration on the same funded project) or a financial interest in the research field (e.g., an equity interest in the sponsoring company or a beneficiary of intellectual property used in a sponsored project).