Financial Conflict of Interest

Federal regulations (42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F) aim to promote objectivity in research by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of research funded by federal grants will be free from bias resulting from Investigator financial conflicts of interest.

SSU has established a SSU FCOI Policy that conforms to these regulations.  

Per the SSU policy, each SSU investigator who seeks to conduct research funded under applicable agencies (HHS, NSF, etc.) must:

• Prior to submission of a proposal to the funding agency, as required, submit the  FCOI disclosure form to OSRA along with the Approval Form
• As required, complete training on FCOI and submit a certificate of completion to OSRA, either:
  • NIH COI Training, or
  • CITI service FCOI module
• Each year of funding, submit updated FCOI disclosure form to OSRA.