FINANCIAL INTERESTS/OBLIGATIONS/PROPRIETARY INTERESTS DISCLOSURE (FID) FORM
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Proprietary Interests: All intellectual property rights that would reasonably appear to be related to the Investigator’s
institutional responsibilities.
Significant Financial Interest: Anything of monetary value, including, but not limited to, salary or other payments for
services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship); equity interests (e.g., stocks, stock options or other
ownership interest); and intellectual property rights (e.g., patents, copyrights, and royalties from such rights), whether
or not the value is readily ascertainable, that reasonably appears to be related to the Investigator’s institutional
responsibilities.
• With regard to any publicly traded entity, if the value of any remuneration received from the entity in the
twelve months preceding the disclosure and the value of any equity interest in the entity as of the date of
disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000.
• With regard to any non-publicly traded entity, if the value of any remuneration received from the entity in
the twelve months preceding the disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000, or when the Investigator (or
the Investigator’s spouse or dependent children) holds any equity interest (e.g., stock, stock option, or other
ownership interest);
• Intellectual property rights and interests (e.g., patents, copyrights), upon receipt of income related to such
rights and interests.
• The occurrence of any reimbursed or sponsored travel (i.e., that which is paid on behalf of the Investigator
and not reimbursed to the Investigator so that the exact monetary value may not be readily available), related
to their institutional responsibilities, no matter the dollar level.
Excluded from this disclosure are the following financial interests:
• Salary, royalties, or other remuneration from the University if the Investigator is employed by the University;
• Income from investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and retirement accounts, as long as the Investigator
does not directly control the investment decisions made in these vehicles even if higher than the $5,000
significant financial interest threshold;
• Income from seminars, lectures, or teaching assignments sponsored by a federal, state, or local government
agency of the U.S., an institution of higher education within the U.S. as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an
academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an institution of
higher education within the U.S.;
• Income from service on advisory committees or review panels for a federal, state, or local government agency
of the U.S., an institution of higher education within the U.S. as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic
teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an institution of higher
education within the U.S.;
• Travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a federal, state, or local government agency of the U.S., an
institution of higher education within the U.S. as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic teaching hospital,
a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an institution of higher education within the
U.S.;
• Intellectual property rights assigned to the Institution and agreements to share in royalties related to such
rights;
Sponsored Program: For purposes of the policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in Sponsored Programs, a sponsored
program is a project or activity undertaken within the University pursuant to funding from an external source to support
research, teaching/training and community service.
Sponsored Travel: Travel which is paid on behalf of the Investigator, but which is not reimbursed to the Investigator
so that the exact monetary value may not be readily available.
Study Team: Any person, including the project director or principal Investigator, who is responsible for the design,
conduct or reporting of the research described in the proposal including sub-awardee(s), sub-contractor(s), consultants
and “to be appointed” positions as well as any individual whose biographical sketch is included in the proposal or
whose name appears in the budget (including subcontract budgets). A Study Team member’s spouses, domestic
partners, and dependent children are also included for purposes of disclosure and conflict of interest review.