Changes to the conflict of interest regulations must be implemented by August 24, 2012. Under the new rules, investigators must disclose all significant financial interests (SFIs) that could reasonably appear to be related to their institutional duties (including research, teaching, administrative, clinical, etc.). In preparation, Research Affairs has developed software for submitting disclosures. The system was designed to be user friendly with the aim of reducing the impact of more demanding regulations. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for improvement.
We invite investigators to start using the new Conflict of Interest system (beta version) to submit their disclosures. Any information you enter will be available for future disclosures, thereby streamlining the process. To access this system, log on at https://mylluint.llu.edu/researchaffairs/CoI/ with your institutional user name and password. The login will take you to the ‘COI Summary’ tab. Simply click the ‘Submit Disclosure’ tab to start your submission.
Reminders:
- For researchers and their families with no significant financial interests, disclosures need to be renewed only once a year, or until they acquire a new financial interest related to their professional duties.
- Researchers with significant financial interests related to their work must update their disclosures with each new project (proposal, contract or study), but no less than once per year.
- A grant application cannot be submitted to a sponsor until all personnel listed on the study have submitted their disclosures.
- Research Affairs Financial Management cannot release funds nor can an IRB or IACUC release approvals until all personnel listed on the study have submitted their disclosures.
Questions? Contact:
- Question related to COI - Sandra Figueroa, researchcoi@llu.edu or 909- 558-1000 ext. 85794.
- Questions or comments about the electronic disclosure system - Sherie Donahue - sdonahue@llu.edu or ext. 83911.
- Questions about your LLU ID or access issues - LLU Help Desk, ext. 48611.