Promoting Objectivity in Research (COI)

Public Health Services (PHS) 2011 Revised Regulations (effective August 24, 2012)

In 2011, the PHS issued revised regulations related to COI disclosure in order to increase accountability, add transparency, enhance regulatory compliance and effective Institutional management of Investigators' financial conflicts of interest, and strengthen NIH's compliance oversight. The primary goal is to promote objectivity by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of research funded under PHS grants, cooperative agreements and contracts will be free from bias resulting from Investigator financial conflicts of interest. (The regulation will also apply to organizations that have adopted PHS COI regulations such as American Heart Association, American Cancer, Susan G. Komen Foundation,and Alliance for Lupus Research.)

Federal Regulation

• PHS COI Regulations

UC Policy

• Disclosure of Financial Interests & Management of Conflicts of Interest, Public Health Service Research Awards
• UCR's PHS Disclosure Procedure

Forms

• Financial Disclosure for PHS-Funded Research (Form 500) (Word / PDF)
• Financial Disclosure Appendix for PHS-Funded Research (Form 510)  (Word / PDF )
• Financial Disclosure Addendum for PHS-Funded Research (Form 520) (Word / PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frequently Asked Questions

Public Requests for PHS/COI Information

All public requests for information about Significant Financial Interests (SFI's) related to PHS funded research held by Key Personnell should be submitted via email or regular to:

Email: phspro@ucr.edu

Regular Mail:
University of California, Riverside 
University Office Building
900 Univerity Avenue Riverside, CA 92521-0217
Attn:  PHS Financial Disclosure Coordinator

Policies

UCR Policies

Click here to view UCR policies.

UC and State Policies

• Fundamental Principles of Conflict of Interest Policies
• UC Conflict of Interest Policy and Compendium of Specialized University Policies, Guidelines, and Regulations Related to Conflict of Interest
• Common Questions Related to Conflict of Interest, the Code of Conduct for UC Employees and Interactions with Private Industry
• UC Policy on Disclosure of Financial Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest Related to Sponsored Projects (Federal)
  • UCR's Implementing Guidelines
• Procedures for Expedited Review of State of California PI's Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700-U)
• List of Non-Governmental Sponsors Exempt From the 700-U Process.
• Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members (pdf)
  
• Disclosure of Financial Interest in Private Sponsors of Research, APM 028 (pdf)

Forms

Click here to view Research Integrity forms.

Training

No links at this time.

Conflict of Interest Committee

The UCR Conflict of Interest Committee (COIC) reviews financial disclosures for both privately and federally sponsored projects and situations where a potential, perceived, or real conflict of interest exists by virtue of financial interest. It establishes management strategies to eliminate, manage or reduce conflicts of interest. It determines which strategies are appropriate and is responsible for ensuring their implementation and provides an oversight role and endeavors to safeguard the interests of the University and the individual principal investigator and ensure compliance with state and federal government mandates.

Resources

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is an organization of 21 scientific professional societies that has long been interested in issues surrounding the outside financial interests of research scientists. In 2006, FASEB issued guiding principles and recommendations for investigators and the "toolkit" that FASEB's continued work has created, is to further enhance investigators' awareness and understanding of financial conflict of interest issues in order to promote adherence to all relevant policy issues, and facilitate voluntary practices that encourage personal responsibility. The toolkit, which contains the guiding principles, recommendations, advice on complying with conflict of interest policies, and other useful information, can be found at http://opa.faseb.org/pages/advocacy/coi/toolkit.htm.