Disclosure and professional commitment policies and specific disclosure requirements vary based on the division of an individual’s primary faculty appointment or, alternatively, his/her role at or affiliation with Johns Hopkins. Review of disclosures is typically conducted by the University division of an individual’s primary appointment or employment.
For Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS), if you are a full-time or salaried part-time JHU faculty member you are required to disclose outside activities and financial interests whether or not you participate in research.
For WSE and KSAS, if you are not a full-time or salaried part-time faculty member select your role at or affiliation with Johns Hopkins (the role or affiliation you select below may be in addition to a non-salaried part-time JHU faculty appointment):
- JHU staff member
- Investigator on a JHU IRB protocol and/or JHU or JHHS-administered research project (no JHU employment)
- Subrecipient investigator (investigator on a JHU sub-award to another entity)
- JHU student or post-doctoral trainee
JHU Staff Member
Covered Individuals who are non-faculty staff are generally prohibited from engaging in Outside Activities or Financial Interests that create Conflicts of Interest or Conflicts of Commitment, because their University responsibilities differ significantly from faculty. Please refer to the JHU Institutional policy.
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Investigator on a JHU protocol and/or research project (no JHU employment or appointment)
Investigators on a JHU IRB protocol and/or research project must disclose the financial interests below if they are related to their Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities.
Outside Activities
The following outside activities must be disclosed when they are provided to an entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, and they are related to your Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities, if remuneration has been received and/or is anticipated:
- Consulting
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel service
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
- Board of Directors service
- Officer
- Manager
- Publishing
- Editing
- Authoring
Exceptions. The following outside activities do not need to be disclosed if they are provided to a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute:
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
Financial Interests
The following financial interests in any entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, must be disclosed, provided they are related to your Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities:
- Inventor of licensed technology
- Entitlement to equity and/or royalty
- Receipt of income from licenses, whether equity, royalty, or other
- Equity ownership, regardless of how the equity is acquired (not including mutual funds)
The financial interests of one’s spouse, domestic partner and/or minor dependents also must be disclosed if they are related to your institutional responsibilities.
Reimbursed or Sponsored Travel
Investigators on PHS-funded research must disclose occurrences of reimbursed or sponsored travel that are related to their Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities, regardless of the relationship of the travel to PHS funding, when the amount of travel during the 12 months preceding the disclosure reaches or exceeds $5,000 in the aggregate for a particular entity. (Note: This aggregate value includes travel for spouses, domestic partners and dependent children unless the travel occurs in the course of their employment by the entity.) This does not include travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute. Exceptions also include travel reimbursements to Johns Hopkins, travel payments made by Johns Hopkins, or travel charged to a Johns Hopkins account.
Annual Certification
Investigators on a JHU IRB protocol and/or research project are not required to complete an annual certification. These individuals may, however, be required to update individual disclosures on an annual basis, as indicated as a condition in the disclosure’s review outcome.
Subrecipient Investigator (investigator on a JHU sub-award to another entity)
If the subrecipient maintains an up-to-date, enforced policy on FCOI pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 50.604(a), subrecipient investigators must adhere to the subrecipient’s disclosure and conflict of interest policies.
If the subrecipient does not maintain an up-to-date, enforced policy on FCOI pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 50.604(a), subrecipient investigators on a JHU IRB protocol and/or research project must disclose the financial interests below if they are related to subrecipient’s work for JHU:
Outside Activities
The following outside activities must be disclosed when they are provided to an entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, if remuneration has been received and/or is anticipated:
- Consulting
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel service
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
- Board of Directors service
- Officer
- Manager
- Publishing
- Editing
- Authoring
Exceptions. The following outside activities do not need to be disclosed if they are provided to a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute:
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
Financial Interests
The following financial interests in any entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, must be disclosed:
- Inventor of licensed technology
- Entitlement to equity and/or royalty
- Receipt of income from licenses, whether equity, royalty, or other
- Equity ownership, regardless of how the equity is acquired (not including mutual funds)
The financial interests of one’s spouse, domestic partner and/or minor dependents also must be disclosed if they are related to your institutional responsibilities.
Reimbursed or Sponsored Travel
Subrecipient investigators on PHS-funded research must disclose occurrences of reimbursed or sponsored travel that are related to subrecipient’s work for JHU, regardless of the relationship of the travel to PHS funding, when the amount of travel during the 12 months preceding the disclosure reaches or exceeds $5,000 in the aggregate for a particular entity. (Note: This aggregate value includes travel for spouses, domestic partners and dependent children unless the travel occurs in the course of their employment by the entity.) This does not include travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute. Exceptions also include travel reimbursements to Johns Hopkins, travel payments made by Johns Hopkins, or travel charged to a Johns Hopkins account.
Annual Certification
Subrecipient investigators are not required to complete an annual certification. These individuals may, however, be required to update individual disclosures on an annual basis, as indicated as a condition in the disclosure’s review outcome.
JHU Student or Post-Doctoral Trainee
JHU students and post-doctoral trainees who are investigators on a JHU IRB protocol and/or research project must disclose the financial interests below if they are related to their Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities.
Outside Activities
The following outside activities must be disclosed when they are provided to an entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, and they are related to your Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities, if remuneration has been received and/or is anticipated:
- Consulting
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel service
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
- Board of Directors service
- Officer
- Manager
- Publishing
- Editing
- Authoring
Exceptions. The following outside activities do not need to be disclosed if they are provided to a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute:
- Scientific advisory board, committee, or review panel
- Speaking, teaching, and lecturing
Financial Interests
The following financial interests in any entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, must be disclosed, provided they are related to your Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities:
- Inventor of licensed technology
- Entitlement to equity and/or royalty
- Receipt of income from licenses, whether equity, royalty, or other
- Equity ownership, regardless of how the equity is acquired (not including mutual funds)
The financial interests of one’s spouse, domestic partner and/or minor dependents also must be disclosed if they are related to your institutional responsibilities.
Reimbursed or Sponsored Travel
JHU students and post-doctoral trainees who are investigators on PHS-funded research must disclose occurrences of reimbursed or sponsored travel that are related to their Johns Hopkins institutional responsibilities, regardless of the relationship of the travel to PHS funding, when the amount of travel during the 12 months preceding the disclosure reaches or exceeds $5,000 in the aggregate for a particular entity. (Note: This aggregate value includes travel for spouses, domestic partners and dependent children unless the travel occurs in the course of their employment by the entity.) This does not include travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency, teaching hospital, medical center, U.S. institution of higher education, or related research institute. Exceptions also include travel reimbursements to Johns Hopkins, travel payments made by Johns Hopkins, or travel charged to a Johns Hopkins account.
Annual Certification
JHU students and post-doctoral trainees who are investigators are not required to complete an annual certification. These individuals may, however, be required to update individual disclosures on an annual basis, as indicated as a condition in the disclosure’s review outcome.