Conflict of Interest Forms must be completed by all UND employees

The University Senate and President have approved a Conflict of Interest (COI) policy for the University. The policy and forms for reporting can be found on the RD&C and Division of Research and Economic Development web sites at either www.und.edu/dept/rdc/ConflictPreface.htm or www.und.edu/research respectively. The policy covers all University employees.

The policy also requires all employees to submit a conflict of commitment form as well as the previous conflict of financial interest form. Finally, the policy outlines a process for addressing situations when a University employee is discovered to have either a conflict of interest or commitment which was not previously divulged. Please review the policy on one of the web sites listed above.

Because of the large number of forms expected and the fact that the Division of Research and Economic Development is the office of record, the Division would like to stagger the receipt of forms over a three month period. All employees are to complete Form 1 and Form 2. Form 3 is only to be completed if there is a conflict of interest. Form 4 is for Principal Investigators only. Please do not include these forms in grant proposals. Instead, please send them separately. The forms may be printed front to back. The Division requests that all employees submit the required forms according to the following schedule: employees whose last names end in the letters A-I submit by Nov. 1 employees whose last names end in the letters J-Q submit by Dec. 1 and employees whose last names end in the letters R-Z submit by Feb. 1, 2011.

Please send your completed forms to Research Development and Compliance, Stop 7134.

Any questions pertaining to authorized signatures or any other questions should be directed your Vice President’s office.

— Barry Milavetz, associate vice president for Research.