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A disclosure for Significant Financial Interest will be filed by each investigator (PI, co-PI and key personnel) upon submission of a funding proposal to Sponsored Programs. Upon notice of award, any positive disclosure for Significant Financial Interest will be forwarded with all applicable information, i.e. disclosure, abstract, scope of work, research strategy, to the Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Committee. The Division of Research facilitates the FCOI faculty committee charged with ensuring that significant financial interests of FAU researchers (PIs, Co-PIs and key personnel) do not compromise their objectivity in:
a) Defining, conducting or reporting research activities;
b) Protecting the welfare of research participants; or
c) Developing intellectual property. The FCOI committee will determine whether a financial interest with an external entity (or travel sponsored by an external entity if travel disclosure is required) is related to the particular research project on a case-by-case basis.
If the FCOI committee determines that a significant financial interest (or travel sponsored by an external entity when travel disclosure is required) is reasonably related to an investigator’s research-related responsibilities (design, conduct or reporting of such research) it will next determine whether the Investigator will be required to eliminate or manage the Financial Conflict of Interest, as appropriate.
A Financial Conflict of Interest may be eliminated by divestiture of Equity Interests; termination of the relationship that gives rise to the Significant Financial Interest (such as consulting); abandoning the proposal; terminating the sponsored project; or other similar measures.
If the Investigator does not want to eliminate a Financial Conflict of Interest or the appearance of a Financial Conflict of Interest and FCOI committee determines that it can be managed, the Investigator will work with the FCOI committee to develop a written management plan. This management plan will remain in place for as long as the grant award is active or until there is a change in the investigators SFI disclosure status.