<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">REMINDER: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL EITHER AS A PI OR A CO_PI IF YOUR UH COIC IS NOT IN THE RAMP SYSTEM ON 10/1/2012.<br><br> <br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">
All:<br><br> <br><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
University of Houston has made significant changes to its Policy on
Financial Conflicts of Interest in response to new regulations
promulgated by the United States Department of Health and Human
Services. The updated forms are attached.<br><br> Some additional Notes:</span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Approval Process: It’s best for PI's to monitor this process through to completion and keep a copy of their approved COIC on their desktop. If a form does get lost or is not uploaded for some reason, the PI can always send a desktop copy to Gerri, Rudy, and Winsome directly so there is no delay. <br>
</p><p><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Upload of COI to RAMP: Once the Department receives a completed form, the COIC needs to be uploaded immediately to ensure submissions and award setups are not delayed. </p>
<p><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>RA Group: We will keep copies of the COIs sent to us. During the transition, the PI must send us a PDF of the approved form if not already visible in RAMP. If you prefer, we can upload to RAMP. This means that the Department will need to check before uploading to ensure two duplicate COIs are not in RAMP.</p>
<p><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Disclosure of Financial Interests: If you see this situation, please let me know so I can be sure the associated information is uploaded.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"><u>All forms, whether a conflict exists or not, must be signed by the Department Chair and Dean</u>.
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Faculty should read the policy, complete the form
and download it for signatures. When signatures are obtained, the COI
can be scanned and uploaded by the designated person in
your Department into the Division of Research database, RD2K.<p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, as a reminder, please re-familiarize yourself with our Pre-Award submission process:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cullen College of Engineering<br>
Pre-Award Grant Submission Process </b></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>When considering a
submission of a grant/contract proposal, the PI will notify the
appropriate Research Administrator (RA) four weeks in advance, if
possible.</p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>When constructing the UH
“transmittal,” if the administering unit for the grant reports to the
Dean of Engineering, RAs Hamlett, Chee, and/or Razo will assist with the
proposal submission (pre-award).</p>
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3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>When seeking a cost-share
(mandatory or voluntary) and/or IDC reduction (sponsored mandated and/or
voluntary), the request should be channeled through the appropriate
Department Chair. At least two weeks must be
allowed for cost share and reduced IDC issues to be resolved and
documented.</p>
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4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <b> </b></span><b>A current UH
Conflict of Interest Form must be on file (for PIs and co-PIs) before UH
will submit a grant/contract proposal to an external sponsor.</b><span></span></p><span><font color="#888888">
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Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br><a href="mailto:fclaydon@uh.edu" target="_blank">fclaydon@uh.edu</a><br><br><p>
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