Updated: 11/13/2024
The UAB Enterprise Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policy requires certain UAB employees to submit annual disclosures. Individuals with the following roles must fulfill this requirement.
- Investigators. This includes any individual, regardless of title, position, or employment, who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research, which is defined as any active or pending project processed through OSP or HRPP.
- Full-time faculty. This includes any faculty member with a full-time appointment.
- Institutional Officials. This includes specific employees [i.e., University President, University Provost, University Vice Presidents, Deans, and Chairs] who have direct authority over allocation of institutional resources, assignments of graduate students, trainees, funding, space, salary, or promotions for faculty.
- Other Designated Employees. This includes other administrators in key decision-making, signatory, or assurance roles.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This UAB annual requirement is not the same as the annual Statement of Economic Interest Form, which the Alabama Ethics Commission requires of certain UAB employees to disclose potential conflicts of interest. Please see the Alabama Ethics Commission website to access that form. The UAB annual Disclosure of Financial Interests form may also be in addition to disclosures required by the University of Alabama System Office (UAS) for System Office and campus senior administrators and financial signatories. Please see the UAS Risk & Compliance website regarding their annual conflict of interest process.
Additional information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions are available here.
Investigators who have questions about this annual requirement should contact the Office of Research Conflicts of Interest at 205-975-9692 or
All other questions may be directed to the Office of Compliance & Risk Assurance at 205-996-6540 or