2. Letter of Intent for Industry Sponsored Research MUSC Conflict of Interest Forms: Important Considerations MUSC FY 2015 Funding Highlights/Statistics Announcements, Updates and Reminders

3. Requiring more paperwork than necessary from MUSC PI/study team Requiring unnecessary paperwork from external contributors Incomplete forms; external contributors not listed at all Lot of FORM completion vs. critical decision making, resulting in too much paperwork for EVERYONE External investigators; “institutional” vs. “personal” time issues REMEMBER MUSC’s COI compliance is federally MANDATED Others ?

7. PI Certification

8. Any proposed sub- recipient organizations listed in the FDP Clearing House DO NOT have to complete this form.

9. The MUSC PI or department should complete this section prior to forwarding the form to the external investigator.

10. The external investigator must complete this section.

11. The external investigator must select one of the two options below.

12. External investigator’s authorized organizational official certification is required.

13. Forms must be received by the MUSC ORSP BEFORE any proposal that includes an external investigator may be submitted. – MUSC’s FCOI Policy may be found at: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/coi/coipolicies/coipolicies.htm http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/coi/coipolicies/coipolicies.htm – Information related to MUSC’s FCOI training and disclosures may be found at: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/research/orsp/orsp_coi.html http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/research/orsp/orsp_coi.html

14. Record Breaking Year – $247,767,701 $29.8 million increase over last year’s total $4.7 million greater than the previous record high in FY2011

17. Keep MUSC/VAMC MOUs CURRENT – Not more than 1 year old – Must accurately reflect “Total Professional Responsibilities” or TPR – Many expired October 1 st, 2015 – Get renewals completed and processed timely, OR future outgoing proposals could be delayed No-cost Extensions – PLEASE request PRIOR to end date – Remind the Principal Investigators and Project Directors

18. Questions/Comments? PLEASE complete a survey & THANK YOU Next ORSP Information Session: November 18th, 2015 @ 11:00 am, IOP Auditorium