Outside Interests: Significant Financial, Personal and Foreign Interests

"I have been asked to serve on an advisory board with a non-education organization - no stipend is involved. It is a STEM organization and I am not a STEM expert. Do I need to file a COC?"

If you are an Investigator, this activity should be disclosed for conflict of interest review if it meets the definition of a Significant Personnel Interest. Significant Personal Interests are any managerial, professional, or Fiduciary Position you (or a Family Member) hold in any outside entity, whether or not you or your family is compensated. This can include officer, director, and board positions.

"When is there overlap between my Outside Interests and my Research?"

Overlap between an Outside Interest and a Research Project occurs when there is Relatedness.

“Relatedness” is the condition in which it may reasonably appear that decisions made by the Investigator in the performance of his/her institutional responsibilities could directly and significantly affect the value of his/her Significant Financial Interests or be in conflict with Significant Personal Interests or Foreign Interests.

"What is a foreign entity?"

A foreign entity is:

How are Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment related?

Conflict of interest (COI) and conflict of commitment (COC) reviews are separate because COI relates to bias in decisions and COC relates to a University employee's time & effort for UArizona, UArizona resources and UArizona Assets.

Sponsors & funders have identified the following concerns:

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