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Overview COI Staff When a discloser identifies a new company they are an owner of, or has a relationship with (via the COI question on a PAF or by the U-M Innovation Partnerships), the COI Office creates a Company Profile, and then prompts the UM Company Contact Person to complete the Company Profile in M-Inform for conflict of interest review.

Overview COI Staff If COI Staff determine during administrative review that a Research Certification (RC) requires review by a COI Committee, they must assign the RC to the appropriate review committee and add the RC to an upcoming meeting agenda.  Navigation COI Staff Dashboard > My Inbox tab

Overview Faculty and staff are required to disclose their outside interests annually in M-Inform per U-M, unit, and Public Health Service (PHS) financial conflict of interest (FCOI) regulations. Disclosing may include reporting that you do not have any outside interests related to your U-M responsibilities. Definitions

Overview Ombuds, Monitors, Other Approvers Active COI Management Plans undergo an annual review process at which time the ombudsperson or monitor answers a short series of questions in M-Inform to submit updated information about the conflict situation and their role on the management plan to the COI Office. Persons serving in multiple roles on the management plan must submit a response for each role.

Overview Research Initiated Certifications (RCs) created by the COI Office require the discloser to provide additional information about their outside interest disclosure by submitting responses to a series of questions. (See Submitting Information for a RC).  While reviewing the discloser’s responses to these questions, the COI Office may require additional information from the discloser. If so, the discloser receives an email notification containing comments from COI Staff and a link to the RC.

Overview Upon reviewing your outside interest disclosure, the COI office may request additional information in the form of a Research Initiated Certification (RC) to help determine if a potential conflict of interest exists. This procedure outlines how to submit your responses to the COI Office via M-Inform after receiving an email notification of a Research Initiated Certification. Navigation The RC can be accessed via:

Overview COI Staff COI Staff can update the Institutional Conflict of Interest (ICOI) flag in M-Inform for managed sponsors. The ICOI field is displayed on the COI Administrative Record (CAR) workspace. Navigation COI Staff Dashboard > Manage Sponsors tab

Overview As a U-M employee, student, or trainee, you are expected to disclose your ownership of, or relationship with, any company you start in order to option, license, distribute, or commercialize the intellectual property you developed at the University of Michigan. When a new company is identified (via the COI question on a PAF or by the U-M Office of Technology Transfer), the appropriate COI Office prompts the UM Company Contact Person to complete a Company P

Overview COI Staff After the COI Committee has approved the meeting minutes, COI staff must upload those minutes. At the next COI Committee Meeting, COI Staff can review, approve, and upload the previous meeting’s minutes. Navigation COI Staff Dashboard > Meetings tab

Overview This guide will assist users attempting to see the status of their disclosure without reopening it.  Note You do not need to use the "Reopen for Edits" activity in order to view this information.