Conflict of Interest Policies

Conflicts of interest are an inevitable part of life in higher education. College and university faculty, administrators and trustees are deeply involved with the outside world, patenting inventions, serving on the boards of corporations and nonprofits, and consulting with foreign governments and companies. Institutions must identify conflicts, and ensure that they do not inappropriately influence University decision-making, in areas as diverse as Board operations and sponsored research.

• Research Conflicts of Interest
• U.S. Laws and Regulations

• 45 C.F.R. Part 94 - Regulations on Objectivity in Research

  -Final Rule with Commentary from Federal Register (August 25, 2011)

• National Science Foundation Guidelines

• 21 C.F.R. Part 54 - Food and Drug Administration Regulations

• Public Health Service Regulations - 42 C.F.R. Part 50

• Resource Pages

• NACUA Conflicts of Interest Resource Page 

  NACUA

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH): Resource Page on Conflicts of Interest

• Publications

• U.S. Proposes Greater Transparency--and Burdens--Tied to Biomedical Funds 

  Pamela J. Bernard, 2010, AGB

• Federal Regulation of Conflicts of Interest in Research: Selected Provisions and Issues of Interpretation

  Alexander Dreier, Judy C. Faubert, 2010, NACUA

• Identifying and Addressing Individual Conflicts of Interest in Research

  Robert Terrell, 2010, NACUA
  - Attachment: Conflict Assessment Checklist

• Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research

  Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of American Universities, 2008, AAMC

• Industry Funding of Medical Education: Report of an AAMC Task Force (2008)

  Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008, AAMC

• In the Interest of Patients: Recommendations for Physician Financial Relationships and Clinical Decision Making (2010)

  Association of American Medical Colleges, 2010, AAMC

• Implementing the Final Rule on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Service Funded Research

  Association of American Medical Colleges, 2012, AAMC
• Board / Faculty / Staff Conflicts of Interest
• Publications

• The Board’s Role in Institutional Conflict of Interest Policies 

  Pamela J. Bernard, 2010, AGB

• Association of Governing Boards Statement on Conflict of Interest

  2009, AGB

• Take the Investigation into Your Own Hands: Identifying and Minimizing Conflict of Interest Issues at Colleges and Universities,

  Barbara F. Lovelace, Christine M. Pickel, 2008, URMIA

• How is Your Institution Doing on Conflicts of Interest

  Martin Michaelson, 2007, AGB

• AGB Governance Brief: Conflict of Interest

  AGB

• CASE Statement on the Management of Conflicts of Interest

  CASE

• Examples of Potential Conflicts of Interest in Advancement

  CASE

• Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy Samples 

  CASE

• Whistleblower Policy Samples 

  CASE