Federal researchers should disclose in-kind contributions in their Other/Current & Pending Support and annual progress reports when they engage in one or more of the following:

• Research Personnel Funded by an Outside Entity

  • Have research personnel in your UCI lab whose efforts are funded by an outside entity (for example, visiting scholar)

• Receipt or Use of Research Resources

  • Receive or access research resources (such as materials, office, data, laboratory space, equipment, supplies, etc.) that:
    • Resulted or are expected to result in publications or presentations with acknowledgements or co-authorship related to the research resource OR
    • Is a unique, not freely available, or high value research resource

• Consulting Agreements

  • Have a consulting arrangement(s) that:
    • Require you to conduct research; OR
    • Does not require you to perform research but is related to your research portfolio AND could impact funding, alter time or effort commitments or otherwise impact scientific integrity; OR
    • Includes terms requiring you to conceal or withhold confidential financial or other ties with the consulting entity, irrespective of the duration of the engagement

• Substantive Research Collaboration

  • Any collaborations involving meaningful interaction that will result or may result in acknowledgements or co-authorships in presentations or publications
    • Note: You do not need to disclose collaborations where there was no direct interaction or benefit to your research (for example, if there are multiple co-authors on a publication but you only directly interacted with certain co-authors, then those certain co-authors are the only ones you would need to disclose)