Researcher's Guide

Conflict of Interest

This policy is established to comply with the regulations of the Public Health Service (PHS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the responsibility of The University of Texas at Dallas, to promote objectivity in research by requiring that an employee of the University who applies for grants or cooperative agreements from the federal government for research or other educational activities or otherwise submits a proposal for sponsored research funding from any entity ensures that there is no reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of research will be biased by any Significant Financial Interest of an Investigator responsible for the research or other educational activity.

Researchers must have an approved, current, signed Conflict of Interest Form on file with OSP before a proposal can be processed. Based upon federal regulations and the University's objective to maintain a research environment that promotes faithful attention to high ethical standards, this policy relating to conflicts of interest is to be administered in conjunction with Texas laws setting forth standards of conduct, Texas Government Code, Chapter 572, and the Code of Ethics of The University of Texas System, Part One, Chapter III , Section 4, Regent's Rules and Regulations (see Attachment One to HOP § 5.11).

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