Outside Interests

Investigators must disclose to the IRB whether any member of the study team has a significant financial interest at the time of initial application and if a new significant financial interest arises during the course of the project.

For NIH and NSF externally sponsored projects, investigators must also disclose significant financial interests to the Office of Sponsored Research. For projects without NIH or NSF funding, the University Reviewing Official follows the same process for financial conflicts of interest that are disclosed to the IRB or for institutional conflicts of interest disclosed to the Office of Research.