Conflict of Interest and Commitment (COIC) and Disclosure

You must disclose any outside activity or financial interest listed below when it is related to your institutional responsibilities, including, but not limited to, research, teaching, clinical/practice, and administrative responsibilities.

Note that these requirements apply only to associations you have with organizations outside of JHU that are not handled through the university or sponsored projects (i.e., JHURA). Funds paid to your department, lab or to you as salary do not need to be disclosed.

You must disclose the following types of outside activities:

• Consulting (paid or unpaid)

• Service on Advisory Committees, Boards and Review Panels (private or foreign, see below)

• Speaking, Lecturing, and Teaching (private or foreign, see below)

• Clinical care/practice (paid or unpaid)

• Board of Directors (paid or unpaid)

• Founder/Officer/Manager (paid or unpaid)

• Publishing/editing/authoring (only if compensated)

Speaking, Lecturing, and Teaching MUST be disclosed if provided to private entities or foreign (non-U.S.) entities. Service on Advisory Committees, Boards and Review Panels also MUST be disclosed if provided to private entities or foreign (non-U.S.) entities.

Service on Advisory Committees, Boards and Review Panels and Speaking, Teaching, or Lecturing does NOT have to be disclosed only when provided to a U.S. state, federal or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center or institution of higher education or related research institute.

You must disclose the following financial interests in ANY entity, whether non-profit or for-profit:

• Inventor of licensed technology

• Receipt of income from licenses, whether equity, royalty or other

• Entitlement to equity and/or royalty

According to University policy, disclosures should be made before engaging in outside activities or acquiring financial interests. In addition, once a year you will be asked to certify that your disclosures are up to date.