Compliance

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Environmental Safety

Research Misconduct

Financial Conflicts of Interest

Compliance Forms

IRB Application Status Report

Managing Financial Conflicts of Interest

Georgia Southern personnel should conduct their affairs so as to avoid or minimize real or apparent conflicts of interest, including financial conflicts of interest and conflicts of commit­ment. The Policy Manual of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia provides a primer for faculty members in structuring their commitments in view of their primary academic responsibilities to teaching, research, and service.

In addition to the Policy Manual, federal agencies, including the Public Health Service and National Science Foundation, have additional conflict of interest regulations that are applicable to sponsored research. These regulations require universities applying for grants to ensure that there is no reasonable expectation the design, conduct, and reporting of research will be biased by any significant financial interest of an investigator responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of that research.

If real or apparent conflicts of interest involve sponsored research activities, these conflicts should be reported to the Associate Vice President for Research so that a proper disclosure and review can be performed before any sponsored program is initiated. In most cases, a conflict of interest may be managed or avoided through proper guidance in structuring an appropriate relationship and through thor­ough review, disclosure, and monitoring processes.