New Requirement: Financial Disclosures required for ALL research team members
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Previously, conflicts of interest of research team members were required to be reported to OPRS/IRB by the PI as part of the IRB application. To better align with federal regulations and University of Illinois System policies, all research team members for a human subject research project are now required to provide a financial disclosure. The IRB/OPRS is required by regulation and System policy to ensure that no research team members have a financial conflict of interest with the research, and if a conflict exists, the conflict is appropriately managed. OPRS works with the Conflict of Interest Office to meet these requirements.
Research team members should begin filing their disclosures immediately utilizing START myDisclosures.
After Thursday, January 1, 2026, human subject research projects cannot be approved unless all research team members have no significant financial interests in the research being conducted, or the conflict has been managed in accordance with COI and IRB requirements. How will this work?
Note: Minor update to enforcement date made 10-20-2025