The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a Guide Notice on the Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Module, a new feature of the NIH electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons. The FCOI Module gives institutional users the ability to electronically prepare and submit FCOI reports and other required documents through the Commons, enhancing management of FCOI reports. Currently, the FCOI reports are submitted to the Chief Grants Management Officer of the NIH awarding component. The FCOI Module allows institutional users to:
- initiate and prepare FCOI reports
- electronically submit reports and supporting documents
- search and view FCOI reports previously submitted through the Commons
- edit or rescind submitted reports (with NIH assistance)
- access history of actions
The FCOI Module is part of the eRA Commons, an online interface where grantees and federal staff share information. The current version of the FCOI Module incorporates feedback from a small-scale pilot test performed in the summer of 2008 with nine institutions that are members of the Commons Working Group. Based on feedback from the initial pilot participants, NIH now expands the pilot to all Federal Demonstration Partnership members and a small sample of non-FDP members. Additional information on the FCOI Module can be found on the eRA Commons page.
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