Office of Institutional Compliance

Conflict of Interest

Policies/Resources

UTMB

• IHOP 6.5.1 Research Conflict of Interest Policy
• IHOP 6.5.2 Ethical Interactions with Industry
• IHOP 6.5.3 Individual Conflicts of Interest, Conflicts of Commitment, and Outside Activities
• IHOP 6.5.4 Institutional Conflicts of Interest
• IHOP 6.5.5 Gifts, Honoraria, Fundraising, and Other Activities

Intellectual Property

• UTMB Intellectual Property Policy (IHOP 1.1.4)

Federal

• Code of Federal Regulations Title 42, Volume 1 CFR50, Subpart F

State of Texas

Chapter 572, Government Code (Personal Financial Disclosure, Standards of Conduct, and Conflicts of Interest) (pdf)

UT-System Board of Regents Rules

• BOR 30104 (Board of Regents Rule Conflicts of Interest, Conflicts of Commitment, and Outside Activities)
• BOR 30103 (Board of Regents Rule Standards of Conduct)

UT-System Policy Library

• UTS 180 (UT System) - Conflicts of Interest, Conflicts of Commitment, and Outside Activities
• UTS 175 (UT System) - Disclosure of Significant Financial Interests and Management and Reporting of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
• UTS 134: Code of Ethics for Financial Officers and Employees

NIH Guidelines

• Financial Conflict of Interest: Objectivity in Research

Other Helpful Links

• AAU Report on Individual and Institutional Financial Conflict of Interest, October 2001
• NIH "Objectivity in Research" Final Rule, July 1995
• AAMC & AAU Report on Managing Conflict of Interest, February 2008

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• Summary of NIH Revised COI Regulations (2011)