Investigators (as well as all faculty and staff over grade 20) are required to submit requests to their departments and schools prior to engaging in an activity that draws upon the knowledge, skills, or abilities they use to fulfill their institutional responsibilities for an entity outside the UAB Enterprise. Examples of these activities include:

• external employment, including moonlighting and/or locum tenens activities;
• consulting;
• lecturing, presenting, or speaking;
• establishing and/or supporting a start-up company;
• serving as an expert witness;
• participating in a board of directors; or
• participating in a scientific advisory board.

If approved by the department and school, for those individuals involved in UAB research, pertinent information about the activity will be communicated to RCOI for inclusion in the individual's financial interests profile in IRAP. As such, there is no need to separately report approved external activities to the RCOI Office or to include the same information in a Disclosure of Financial Interests. Request for External Activity Approval submission instructions:

• Go to https://acsapps1.ad.uab.edu/eForms/FormsDashboard/
• Enter your blazer id and password.
• Click on link entitled "External/Internal Activity Approval/Financial Interests Disclosure" (left side of the page).
• Select the appropriate employment classification.
• If you are involved in UAB research, indicate that you are an Investigator.
• Indicate the reason for your form submission is to request external activity approval.
• Complete the remaining form questions. Where required, please provide a thorough description. This is important to the RCOI review process, and insufficient detail will delay reviews.
• Submit form.

Investigators must submit notice if they acquired more than $5000 from any one entity in the previous 12 months for their participation in the following professional public service activities:

Professional studies, services, participation on boards of directors, or participation in manuscript review, grant/contract review, or academic program review for nonprofit/philanthropic entities, professional societies, or professional associations, that are not affiliates of or affiliated with industry or other for profit entities; and Seminars, presentations, performances, or board service for civic groups.

Notice of Professional Public Service submission instructions:

• Go to https://acsapps1.ad.uab.edu/eForms/FormsDashboard/
• Enter your blazer id and password.
• Click on link entitled "External/Internal Activity Approval/Financial Interests Disclosure" (left side of the page).
• Select the appropriate employment classification.
• If you are involved in UAB research, indicate that you are an Investigator.
• Indicate the reason for your form submission is to provide notice of professional public service.
• Complete the remaining form questions. Where required, please provide a thorough description. This is important to the RCOI review process, and insufficient detail will delay reviews.
• Submit form.

UAB is responsible for ensuring that all key or responsible people listed on grants/contracts have complied with the federal regulations regarding financial conflict of interests. If a subrecipient agency is unable to certify that they are complaint with the federal conflict of interest regulations, UAB is then responsible for determining if there are any conflict of interest and maintaining the training documents for the key or responsible people on that particular subrecipient's project.

These key and responsible people will need read the Subrecipient Cover Letter and submit a Subrecipient Disclosure Form to UAB's RCOI.

These individuals will also need to complete the training course entitled Financial Conflict of Interest Training Certification for Non UAB Personnel.