National Institutes of Health: Conflicts of Interest in Extramural Research

摘要

NIH research grants are awarded through 24 Institutes and Centers (Institutes) that have grant-making authority. Each Institute is responsible for the daily management and oversight of its grants, and each has its own grants management office that handles the grants oversight and administrative functions. Institutes follow the grants management policies outlined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement developed and implemented by NIHs Office of Extramural Research (OER). OER provides grantees with information about relevant policies and regulations through its Web site and through outreach activities such as targeted site reviews, regional seminars, and a bimonthly newsletter. OER also develops and maintains information systems related to extramural research grants administration. Pursuant to Federal regulations, each grantee institution receiving NIH funds must have a written policy for identifying financial conflicts of interest and ensuring that conflicts will be managed, reduced, or eliminated. Grantee institutions must certify that they have written and enforced administrative processes to identify and manage, reduce, or eliminate conflicting interests. They must also certify that existing conflicts of interest (but not the nature of the interest or other details) will be reported to the Public Health Service awarding component prior to the expenditure of any funds under that award; that these conflicts have been managed, reduced, or eliminated; and that any subsequently identified conflicts will be reported and the conflicts will be managed, reduced, or eliminated, at least on an interim basis, within 60 days of identification.