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Managed Conflict of Interest Examples
Possible Resolutions to Financial Conflict of Interest or Conflict of Obligation:
- Management Plan
- Modification of the research plan
- Disqualification from participation in the portion of the externally funded research that would be affected by the significant financial interests
- Severance of relationships that create actual or potential conflicts
- Removal of researcher as Principal Investigator/Project Director
Scenarios Determined to be a Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) or Conflict of Obligation (CO) and Managed via a Management Plan – this is not an all-inclusive list:
- CO: Researcher has an unpaid position (e.g. board member, scientific advisor) with the sponsor.
- CO: Researcher is performing research in an area of interest to their startup company.
- CO: Sponsor has entered into an agreement with the University for an option to license a pending patent for the technology that is the subject of the research.
- FCOI: Researcher receives royalty income from the sponsor for the technology that is the subject of the research.
- FCOI: Researcher receives royalty income from the University for the technology that is the subject of the research.
- FCOI: Researcher performs a service (e.g. consulting, educational services) for the sponsor of a project.
- FCOI: Researcher owns equity or shares in the sponsor.
- FCOI: Researcher has received reimbursement or had paid on their behalf travel by
the sponsor.