Scope

Conflicts of Interest and Commitment applies to:

  • Faculty (9 month, 12 month, and part-time), including adjunct faculty members.
  • EHRA staff members
  • Research personnel involved in the design, conduct, or reporting of a funded research project, contract, sub-contract, or other agreement.
  • Individuals responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of a Public Health Service (PHS) funded research project are also required to disclose sponsored travel and paid authorships.

Disclosures must include the Significant Financial Interests of family members (i.e., spouse, siblings and dependent children).

Subcontracts and Non-University Employees

Individuals responsible for the “design, conduct, or reporting” of a PHS funded research project may include non-university personnel, such as subcontractor employees, collaborators, or consultants. If the subrecipients’ home institution does not have a PHS compliant COI policy, then that subrecipient must agree to be subject to the UNC Greensboro COI policy.

Note: Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grants are excluded from the PHS COI regulations. Phases II & III are not.

COI primary contact


Terri L. Shelton, PhD
Interim Director, Office of Research Integrity
Phone: 336.256.0232
tlshelto@uncg.edu