Financial Conflict of Interest in Research

Federal regulations, state laws and University policies establish standards and requirements regarding the disclosure and management of financial conflicts of interest in research to ensure that the design, conduct and reporting of research is free from bias.  Actual or potential conflicts of interest are reviewed by an independent substantive review committee. At UCSF, that committee is the Conflict of Interest Advisory Committee (COIAC).  

• UCSF Guidelines on Conflict of Interest govern all research related conflict of interest matters. 
• Conflict of Interest Review Requirements provides guidelines for disclosure of reportable financial interests and management of Significant Financial Interests for UCSF Investigators.
• Conflict of Interest Review Flowchart provides an overview of the disclosure and review process.
• Training Requirements for researchers with extramural funding.
• FCOI Training for Subrecipients provides training for PHS subrecipient investigators when their institution does not have a compliant PHS policy.
• FCOI Subrecipient Form A that must be completed by all PHS subrecipients that are not affiliated with compliant institutions listed on the FDP FCOI Clearinghouse.
• FCOI Subrecipient Form B that must be completed by PHS subrecipient investigators when their institution does not have a compliant PHS policy.

Applicable regulations, policies, and procedures by type of research funding are provided below.

For more information, contact the Conflict of Interest staff 

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