Financial Conflict of Interest (COI)
An Investigator or an Investigator’s spouse or a dependent child has a Conflict of Interest (COI) when a Significant Financial Interest (SFI) could directly and significantly affect an Investigator’s decision making in the design, conduct, or reporting of externally funded research, instruction, service activities performed on behalf of the University. All UGA applicants seeking funding from Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Public Health Service (PHS) entities must annually disclose all SFIs prior to proposal submission. Applicants to external sponsors other than PHS entities must simply indicate on the SPA Proposal Transmittal Form that a possible COI exists or could exist. All identified COIs must be managed, modified, or eliminated before a restricted award account can be established.