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The form you are about to complete was designed for you to satisfy the disclosure requirements mandated by the Federal Public Health Service (PHS) regulations (42 CFR Part 50 and 45 CFR Part 94) on Promoting Objectivity in Research. This Disclosure should reflect those significant financial interests that are related to your organizational responsibilities at PHRII.


SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INTEREST

Anything of monetary value that meets any of the following criteria (when combined for you, your spouse and /or your dependent children):

  • Income > $5,000 (U.S. dollars) past 12 months

  •  As of the date of disclosure, any combination of income + equity in a publicly traded company > $5,000 (U.S. dollars)

  • Any equity interest in a non-publicly traded company

  • Third party reimbursed or sponsored travel greater than $5,000 (U.S. dollars) for any reportable travel related to your organizational responsibilities for PHRII

  • Income > $5,000 (U.S. dollars) for intellectual property not owned by PHRII.


Non-Reportable Interests

Non-Reportable Interests include:

  • Financial interests or activities that do not relate to your academic or professional work at PHRII.

  • Salary support received through PHRII or salary support through PHRII administered sponsored awards.

  • Income from investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and retirement accounts, as long as you do not directly control the investment decisions made in these vehicles.

  • Travel expenses paid by PHRII or by a sponsored research award to PHRII.

  • Income from seminars, lectures and teaching engagements sponsored by Indian or U.S. Federal, state or local government agencies; Indian or U.S. Institutions of higher education or Indian or Indian or U.S. research institutes; Indian or U.S. academic teaching hospitals or Indian or U.S. medical centers that are affiliated with Indian or U.S. Institutions of higher education.

  • Income from service on advisory committees or review panels for Indian or U.S. Federal, state or local government agencies; Indian or U.S. Institutions of higher education or Indian or U.S. research institutes; Indian or U.S. academic teaching hospitals or Indian or U.S. medical centers that are affiliated with Indian or U.S. Institutions of higher education.

  • Compensated activities and income derived from Indian or U.S. Government or non-profit research entities such as Howard Hughes Medical Institute.


In accordance with PHS regulations, a significant financial interest exists if the value of any remuneration received from any publicly traded entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure and the value of any equity interest in the entity as of the date of disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000.

For purposes of this definition, remuneration includes salary and any payment for services not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship). Equity interest includes any stock, stock option, or other ownership interest, as determined through reference to public prices or other reasonable measures of fair market value.

Complete the National Institutes of Health’s Financial Conflict of Interest tutorial located at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/tutorial2011/fcoi.htm in accordance with the requirements and expectations of this Policy. All investigators must print a certification of completion at the end of training and retain it for audit purposes.

PUBLICALY TRADED ENTITIES