U.S. Department of Energy Conflict of Interest Policy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its final policy on financial and organizational conflicts of interest for grant applicants and awardees. Ìý
This policy establishes standards for a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct and reporting of projects wholly or in part funded under DOE financial assistance awards (e.g.Ìýa grant, cooperative agreementÌýor technology investment agreement) will be free from bias resulting from financial conflicts of interest or organizational conflicts of interest.
Senior or Key Personnel who are currently supporting or planning to participate in projects funded by DOE are required to disclose the investigator’s significant financial interests (and those of the Investigator’s spouse and dependent children) to ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Conflicts of Interest & Commitment (COIC) Office. The COIC office will conduct a financial conflicts of interest analysis prior to proposal submission; this may require the participation of Senior and Key Personnel. Further, investigators working on a project funded by a DOE award are required to update the disclosures at least annually during the period of the award and also within fifteen days of discovering or acquiring (e.g. through purchase, marriageÌýor inheritance) a new significant financial interest.ÌýDisclosures should be made through the Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) form.
In addition, the DOE interim policy requires Investigator to complete COI training prior to engaging in projects related to any DOE financial assistance award and at least every two years.ÌýWatching the training video required for DEPA submission meets this requirement. Training videos are also available on our website.
If you have any questions, please contact the COIC Office at coi@colorado.edu or 303-492-3024.