What is the difference between non-federal and federal financial interest disclosure requirements?
Financial interest disclosure requirements for non-federal and federal sponsoring agencies can differ in several ways. The most significant difference refers to who the financial interest relationship is with. For a Non-Federal sponsor: • A financial interest refers to the direct financial relationship between the principal investigator and the non-federal sponsor, or indirectly through their spouse, their registered domestic partner, or their dependent child. Some examples of this include; equity holdings in the sponsor, a management position with the sponsor, consulting income received from the sponsor, honoraria received from the sponsor, and/or the principal investigator’s spouse or registered domestic partner being an employee of or having a financial interest in the non-federal sponsor. For a Federal sponsor: • A financial interest refers to the direct financial relationship between the researcher and an entity other than the federal sponsor. This is also referred to as a related
