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The regulation, also known as the Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) regulation, applies to both prime and subrecipient institutions, domestic or foreign, and through implementation, to each Investigator who is planning to participate in, or is participating in, such research. These regulations do not, however, apply to Phase I Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer applications or awards.</p> <p>The purpose of the regulation is to promote objectivity in research by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of NIH-funded research is free from bias resulting from Investigator financial conflicts of interest. Therefore, it is critical that there is a clear understanding of the applicability of these regulatory requirements. Equally important is that the regulation is a term and condition of all NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards, which means that compliance with the requirements is a condition of funding. </p> <p>One such area of the FCOI regulation requiring clarity is Investigator disclosures with respect to foreign financial interests. The regulation refers to exclusions of Institutions of higher education as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) or a federal, state or local government agency when disclosing financial interests. However, these references refer to a U.S. Institution of higher education or a federal, state, or local government agency within the U.S. Therefore, Investigators, including subrecipient Investigators, must disclose all financial interests received from a foreign Institution of higher education or the government of another country (which includes local, provincial, or equivalent governments of another country). </p> <p>For further information about the Financial Conflict of Interest regulations, please see NIH’s <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/index.htm">Financial Conflict of Interest</a> website, which includes links to the full regulation and extensive FAQs as well as other resources.</p> <p class="heading2">Inquiries</p> <p>Please direct all inquiries to: </p> <p>Division of Grants Compliance and Oversight<br> Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, OER<br> Telephone: 301-435-0938<br> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4a2a7abada78b8994888d858a8781a489858d88ca8a8d8cca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3472777b7d775b5944585d555a57517459555d581a5a5d5c1a535b42">[email protected]</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <P> <HR> <A HREF="/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?03-30-18">Weekly TOC for this Announcement</A><br> <A HREF="/grants/guide/index.html">NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices</A> <hr> </div> </div> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="css/notices_print.css " /> <div class="row"> <div class="footer"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a href="/grants/oer.htm"><img src="/images7/nih-oer-logo.jpg" alt="NIH Office of Extramural Research Logo" usemap="#Map2" border="0"></a> <map name="Map2" id="Map2"> <area shape="rect" coords="89,17,359,39" href="http://www.nih.gov" /> <area shape="rect" coords="91,39,286,58" href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm" /> <area shape="rect" coords="3,5,78,55" href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm" /> </map> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <div style="float:left; padding: 5 5 5 70"> <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/"><img src="/images7/dhhs_sm.gif" width="36" height="37" border="0" alt="Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Home Page" long desc="Logo, circular in shape, depicting an American eagle in-flight with stylized profiles of human faces appearing on the trailing edge of the wings. 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