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Policies on Conflict of Interest

University policy must comply with State and Federal external requirements. The University has chosen to apply the standards of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regulations and National Science Foundation (NSF) policy to all sponsored research regardless of sponsor. To do otherwise would present serious logistical problems as well as create an inappropriate double standard for research agreements.

  1. Public Health Service (PHS) regulations, which apply to PHS-sponsored research (PHS subsumes the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control, and other federal health agencies)
    NIH Conflict of interest Resources page
  2. NSF COI Policy
  3. The Michigan Conflict of Interest Statute (Public Act 317 of 1968)

    4. Additionally, several internal University policy statements are applicable to faculty and staff members in the area of conflict of interest:

  4. Policy and Procedures for Dealing with Financial and Outside Management Conflicts of Interest in Sponsored Projects and Technology Transfer
  5. Policy on Institutional Conflict of Interest in Clinical Trials of Drugs, Devices, or Biologics Supported by University Start-up Companies
  6. SPG 201.65-1 Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment
  7. SPG 201.65-0 Work Outside the University
  8. An implementing policy statement, published in the Faculty Handbook, specifies a limit on the number of days of outside compensated activity--the maximum permitted being four days per month.
    Link to Faculty Handbook Sec. 9.6: Conflict of Interest
  9. SPG 303.04 Revised Policy on Intellectual Properties: Including their Disclosure, Commercialization and Distribution of Revenues from Royalties and Sale of Equity Interest
  10. SPG 601.3-2 Policy on Ownership of Copyrighted Works Created at or in Affiliation with the University of Michigan
  11. SPG 201.85 Special Stipends (form G's)
  12. Regents Bylaw Sec. 1.13. Business Transactions
  13. Regents Bylaw Sec. 1.14. Regental and Executive-Senior Officer Conflict of Interest Policy (revised September 1994)
  14. Regents Bylaw Sec. 2.16. Gifts to Regents and University Employees
  15. Regents Bylaw 5.12 Outside Employment

Faculty seeking assistance in preparing the materials required for Regental review and approval may contact ORSP.

NOTE: In recognition of the unique access which OVPR, ORSP, and OTT staff have to information, and the special obligations we have to our faculty clients and to the University, the staffs of OVPR, ORSP, and OTT adhere to a policy which provides guidance with regard to their own conflict of interest issues.
View Conflict of Interest Policy for OVPR, ORSP, OTT

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