Research and Graduate Studies @ KU

Conflict of Interest Reporting Begins mid-September

Kansas Board of Regents policy requires all full-time faculty and unclassified staff, and many part-time faculty and unclassified staff, to make an annual declaration of time and financial interests and to disclose details when an interest relevant to their work at the university passes given thresholds of significance.  Board of Regents conflict of interest (COI) reporting is a separate procedure, not to be confused with the State of Kansas Statement of Substantial Interests (see the Kansas Governmental Ethics website for additional information on this state-mandated procedure).

In mid-September, e-mails will be sent to all KU employees who are required to file an annual COI report, announcing that it is time to either submit a COI report in hard copy, fully signed, or to confirm that they have no changes to disclose from their most recent COI report. (A confirmation of no changes can be completed entirely online in just a few clicks; however, this option is only available if a fully-signed copy of the previous report is on file.) E-mail notices will contain a link to the web-facilitated COI reporting system.  The web-facilitated system provides a secure interface for employees to view or print out prior reports, begin a new form online, or confirm a previous report.

For those without adequate internet access or who prefer to fill out a paper form, forms are available in Word format at the Research Integrity website, or by request from Research Integrity, 864-4148.