RESEARCHERS – FISCAL YEAR 2019 RESEARCH CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRAINING AND ANNUAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE NOW DUE

To all UNTHSC Researchers:

Welcome to the new Fiscal Year 2019!

As you may recall, Federal regulations require the completion of the RCOI Training and submission of an Annual Research Conflict of Interest (RCOI) Disclosure Statement.

Due to a recent change in procedure, the RCOI Training is now required annually. During the month of September, you will have the opportunity to complete the RCOI Training and submit your required FY2019 Annual Disclosure Statement all at the same time. Access to the RCOI Training and Disclosure site is available at https://apps.unthsc.edu/rcoi. As usual, you will need to login with your EUID (ex. adc0050) and network password.

There are two steps to the process for completing the RCOI requirements: RCOI Training and an Annual Disclosure Statement.

ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE RCOI TRAINING, PLEASE REMEMBER TO LOGIN TO https://apps.unthsc.edu/rcoi TO SUBMIT YOUR FY 2019 ANNUAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. [Completing the training is only Step 1. . . you still need to do a disclosure.]

Detailed instructions for completing and submitting the required Annual Disclosure Statement can be found here.
https://www.unthsc.edu/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/RCOI_Disclosure_Instructions_8_25_16.pdf

Who needs to complete an Annual Disclosure Statement? Anyone engaged in research at UNTHSC including, but not limited to, administrators, faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, students, interns, residents, collaborators, subcontractors or consultants whose institutional responsibilities include the design, conduct, or reporting of research, funded or proposed for funding.

In addition, researchers are required to submit an amended Disclosure Statement within 30 days of discovering or acquiring a new Significant Financial Interest or other potential conflict of interest. Again, all forms are submitted through the Research Conflict of Interest Disclosure site at https://apps.unthsc.edu/rcoi

Additional information regarding the UNTHSC Research Conflict of Interest Policy is available here. https://www.unthsc.edu/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/RCOI_Policy_6_2018.pdf

If you have previously submitted a disclosure during the 2018 Fiscal Year and all of that information is unchanged, you will still need to re-indicate that information on your FY 2019 Annual Disclosure Statement.

For any questions about this process, including any login or disclosure/training questions please contact Susan Harlin in the Office of Research Compliance at 817-735-2742 or send her an email at susan.harlin@unthsc.edu .

Thank you and we appreciate your patience and participation in this federally required process.