Significant financial interest (SFI) means one or more of the following of the Investigator (or the Investigator’s Family member) that reasonably appear to be related to the Investigator’s Institutional responsibilities:
i. With regard to any publicly traded Outside organization, an SFI exists if the value of any remuneration received from the Outside organization in the 12 months preceding the disclosure plus the value of any equity interest in the Outside organization as of the date of disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000. Remuneration includes salary and any payment for services not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship); equity interest includes any stock, stock option, or other ownership interest, as determined through reference to public prices or other reasonable measures of fair market value;
ii. With regard to any non-publicly traded Outside organization, an SFI exists if the value of any remuneration received from the entity in the 12 months preceding the disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000, or if the Investigator or Family member holds any equity interest (e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest);
iii. Intellectual property rights and interests (e.g., patents, copyrights) not assigned to the University, upon receipt of any income related to such rights and interests;
iv. Clinical trial intellectual property rights (and royalties or other remuneration, if any, paid with respect to such rights); or
v. Any Fiduciary role in an Outside organization