Update to NIH changes to conflicts of interest rules

The March 17, 2011 issue of "Report on Research Compliance ", published by the by National Council of University Research Administrators and Atlantic Information Services, says the Office of Management and Budget is reviewing NIH's final rule imposing new requirements for managing and reporting on financial conflicts of interest. Regulations are typically reviewed and released by the OMB within 90 days of this process, but stay tuned for further details.

The original Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the NIH regarding these changes to financial conflict of interest rules and reporting may be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/

June 15th NCURA Telecast - Non-Financial Research Compliance

The UMBC Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Contract & Grant Accounting and UB's Office of Sponsored Research will be co-hosting a NCURA Telecast on June 15, 2010 from 11:30 am to 3:30pm. The topic will be Non-Financial Research Compliance.

The telecast's learning objectives will focus on gaining a better understanding of:

Research and scientific integrity
Responsible conduct of research
Care and use of laboratory animals
Human subjects protection
Use of hazardous materials, including rDNA
Conflict of interest oversight update

RSVP to Joanne Williams (joannew@umbc.edu) in the UMBC Office of Sponsored Programs.

NIH Releases Report on Researcher Conflict of Interest

The National Institutes of Health released a report related to financial conflicts of interest reported in 2006, containing data from 41 grant recipient institutions. A majority (111 out of 165 researchers) of conflicts were due to stock or other equity ownership in companies which could affect researcher's ability to be impartial.

See more information on the Social Science Research News blog

Reporting and managing conflicts of interest

Have an interest in learning more about the regulations regarding the standards and procedures involving the reporting of financial conflicts of interest? Sure you do! The NIH has compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the the regulations.

Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coifaq.htm for more information.