CU Boulder encourages innovation, research, and scholarship that lead to commercial and consulting activities and global engagement. Such activities, however, have the potential to create actual or perceived conflicts of interest and commitment.

All faculty and any other employee (regardless of job title) or student responsible for the purpose, design, conduct听or reporting of research on campus are required to disclose significant financial and personal interests and external professional activities. These includes听ties to external entities, consulting and outside work听补苍诲听foreign activities.听


Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) Form


Application for Approval of Consulting and Other Outside Work Form

The importance of disclosure

Requiring disclosure, vetting potential conflicts, and managing them through formal procedures helps to protect you, your department and the University.听

  • Your disclosure demonstrates your commitment to research integrity. Our reputation for research excellence rests on confidence that research is done without bias due to personal financial interest in the outcome.
  • Disclosure helps maintain public trust. Reporting financial and other personal interests creates transparency and helps us manage potential conflicts before they become a problem. It also helps address concerns that professional decisions and actions be made without the undue influence of personal benefit.
  • Your action helps us meet the requirements of federal grant sponsors. CU Boulder is obligated to have a robust conflict of interest policy, the centerpiece of which is annual disclosure of researchers鈥� external activities and interests.

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听Questions?听

Please visit:听Frequently Asked Questions听or contact the COIC office听at听听303-492-3024听 coi@colorado.edu.