Conflict of Interest in Research
The Conflict of Interest policies of the University serve as a guide to faculty and other employees with principal
responsibility for research projects conducted at San Diego State University. The policies also establish procedures
for compliance with State and Federal requirements for review and oversight of research.
The Conflict of Interest Committee evaluates research when an investigator discloses a significant financial interest
that may influence his/her institutional responsibilities or the conduct of the research activity. The Committee
determines what, if any, conditions or restrictions should be imposed on the investigator or research protocol in
order to manage, reduce or eliminate such conflicts of interest.
PHS FUNDED RESEARCH
New federal regulations
regarding financial conflicts of interest have just been issued by the Department of Health
and Human Services, and govern research funded by the Public Health Service (PHS).
These changes will have an impact on both PIs and the
institution, and the Division of Research Affairs, the SDSU Conflict of Interest Committee, faculty, and the
Foundation have worked together to revise SDSU’s conflict of interest policy for PHS funded research, and to revise
the financial interests disclosure form. Our new policy and those forms follow
SDSU’s Conflict of Interest Policy for PHS funded research
PHS PI disclosure form
PHS other personnel disclosure form
Research Investigator Financial Interest ADDENDUM (PHS)
sra addendum travel form
Just a quick reminder that if you are receiving or have applied to receive PHS (NIH) funds, you still need
to register for an upcoming Conflict of Interest training. This is a new training that is being required by
PHS. Please remember that if you do not complete the training by December 15, 2012, PHS may delay the release
of funding on your grant. If you do not have any active PHS agency grants/projects but have a proposal pending,
you are welcome to attend one of the training so that there will be no delay in the event that the proposal is
funded.
NSF FUNDED RESEARCH
NSF has not revised their conflict of interest guidelines though we have made a few changes to the SDSU policy
governing NSF research. The policy and disclosure forms follow
SDSU’s Conflict of Interest Policy for NSF funded research
NSF PI disclosure form
NSF other personnel disclosure form
Research Investigator Financial Interest ADDENDUM (NSF)
NON-EXEMPT PRIVATE SPONSORS
Statement of Economic Interest for Principal Investigators [700U]
(Non exempt private sponsors)
For more information about the revised PHS regulations visit this site:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/
NIH has developed a web-based tutorial which addresses the main requirements of the 2011 revised regulation,
Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which PHS Funding is Sought at Title 42, Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Subpart F for grants and cooperative agreements (commonly known together with the
revised regulation for contracts, as the Financial Conflict of Interest [FCOI] regulations). The tutorial highlights
the key Federal requirements for which the Investigator (through the Institution’s implementation of the regulation),
the Institution, and NIH, are accountable under the FCOI regulation.
NIH also offers a table summarizing the significant changes between the prior 1995 regulation and the new
2011 regulation.
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