Research Administration Systems Support

A Management Plan is a written plan that specifies actions that have been or will be taken to manage an Investigator’s Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)...

Public Health Service (PHS) agencies include: National Institute for Health (NIH) Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Health Resources and Services Admini...

A Research Project is any proposal identified in PennERA or an IRB protocol identified in HS-ERA.

A Research Relatedness Assessment is a self-assessment used to determine whether disclosed SFIs or IP interests could be affected by a research project or a...

Significant financial interest (SFI) means one or more of the following of the Investigator (or the Investigator’s Family member) that reasonably appear to ...

An Equity Interest includes ownership interests or securities, including but not limited to shares of stock or securities, stock options, warrants or any ot...

An Excluded Payor is a Federal, state, or local government agency, a United States institution of higher education, an academic teaching hospital, a medical...

An Intellectual Property or other financial interest is something you and/or a Family Member created, including but not limited to patent(s), patent applica...

An Outside Organization is any company, entity, or organization – other than UPenn / UPHS (and their corporately-owned entities), other US institutions of h...

Investigators must complete Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) training prior to engaging in research at the University and at least every four years. FC...