General Counsel

Below is a list of commonly used policies and forms:

• Conflict of Interest Policy (effective July 1, 2002) (PDF, 91K)
• Policy and Guidelines for Involvement with Outside Interests (Revised 11/6/03) (PDF, 160K)
• Annual Summary of Outside Activities (online reporting system)
• Request for Prior Approval of Outside Activities and Financial Interests (PDF, 119K)
• NIH Conflict of Interest Web site: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/

• Institutional Conflict of Interest Policy (effective January 1, 2004) (PDF, 105KB)
• Policy on Openness in Research (PDF 5K)
• Research Misconduct Policy (PDF, 93K)

Policies on patents, copyrights, inventions and material transfer agreements are found at the Technology Transfer Web site.

Employment policies and conflict of interest policy for all employees are found in the Human Resources Policies and Procedures.

The DHHS Office of Research Integrity newsletters can be found at: http://ori.hhs.gov/publications/newsletters.shtml.

If you have any questions about any of these policies or our department, please do not hesitate to contact us.