Addressing COI Risks Printable Version 1. Identify Potential COI Risks Compromise of Scientific Integrity Consider the roles and responsibilities of the Disclosing Individual(s) to identify any aspects at risk for bias in the research, especially in data collection, analysis, and reporting Evaluate the study design for potential research misconduct risks (fabrication, falsification, and/or plagiarism) Misuse…

Frequently Asked Questions General Information What is conflict of interest? A conflict of interest (in research) is a situation where an investigator’s outside financial interests (e.g., salaries; consulting income; equity interests; honoraria; gifts; loans; or travel payments) or paid or unpaid obligations (e.g., director, officer, partner, consultant or manager of an entity) bias or have…

COI Point Person Email Templates Below are email templates to: Disclose your significant/disclosable financial interests to the lab/study team members involved in the project related to your significant/disclosable financial interest; and Identify the person to contact if the lab/study team members have any COI-related questions or concerns, the “COI Point Person”. The COI Point Person…

Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee (COIOC) The Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee (COIOC) fully supports the development of relationships with outside entities when the sufficient measures exist to protect the objectivity of the research and the interests of students and research subjects. The COIOC consists of voting faculty members from across the campus (including UCI…

Conducting Marijuana Research Definition of Marijuana Conducting Marijuana Research Obtaining Marijuana for Research Definition of Marijuana The federal Controlled Substances Act defines marijuana (or “marihuana”) as: “all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt,…

Conducting Hemp Research Definition of Industrial Hemp The plant material known as industrial hemp is a variety of the same Cannabis sativa L. plant as marijuana, but with a concentration of THC no more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Hemp was historically included in the Controlled Substances Act definition of “marihuana.” However,…

Funding from the Marijuana Industry UC is implementing a pilot program that would permit individual campuses to evaluate proposed funding from the marijuana industry. Under the pilot program, campuses are expected to engage in due diligence if they are aware of or reasonably suspect that potential funding may be related to the marijuana industry through…

Key Definitions Marijuana: All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin. Such term does not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber…