FCOI Supplemental Disclosure Form - George Washington University

DefinitionsFor purposes of this Financial Disclosure Form for Investigators in PHS Research, the followingdefinitions apply.“Institutional Responsibilities” means an Investigator’s professional responsibilities on behalf ofthe University, which may include for example: activities such as research, research consultation,teaching, professional practice, University committee memberships, and service on panels suchas Institutional Review Boards or data and safety monitoring boards.“Investigator” means the project director or principal Investigator and any other person,regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of researchfunded by PHS, or proposed for funding by PHS, which may include, for example, consultants orcollaborators.“PHS Awarding Component” means the organizational unit within PHS that funds the research.“Research” means a systematic investigation, study, or experiment designed to develop orcontribute to generalizable knowledge relating broadly to public health, including behavioral andsocial-sciences research. The term encompasses basic and applied research (e.g., a publishedarticle, book or book chapter) and product development (e.g., a diagnostic test or drug). Theterm includes any such activity for which research funding is available from a PHS AwardingComponent through a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract, whether authorized under thePHS Act or other statutory authority, such as a research grant, career development award, centergrant, individual fellowship award, infrastructure award, institutional training grant, programproject, or research resources award.“Significant Financial Interest” 1 means a financial interest 2 consisting of one or more of thefollowing interests of the Investigator (and those of the Investigator’s spouse/domestic partnerand dependent children) that reasonably appears to be related to the Investigator’s InstitutionalResponsibilities:1 The following need not be disclosed on the Financial Disclosure Form for Investigators in PHS Research: (1)salary, royalties, or other remuneration paid by the University to the Investigator if the Investigator is currentlyemployed or otherwise appointed by the University, including intellectual property rights assigned to the Universityand agreements to share in royalties related to such rights; (2) income from investment vehicles, such as mutualfunds and retirement accounts, as long as the Investigator does not directly control the investment decisions made inthese vehicles; (3) income from seminars, lectures, or teaching engagements sponsored by a Federal, state, or localgovernment agency, an institution of higher education, an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or aresearch institute that is affiliated with an institution of higher education; (4) income from service on advisorycommittees or review panels for a Federal, state, or local government agency, an institution of higher education, anacademic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an Institution of highereducation; or (5) travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a Federal, state, or local government agency, aninstitution of higher education, an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that isaffiliated with an institution of higher education.2 A financial interest is anything of monetary value, whether or not the value is readily ascertainable.