The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued Financial Assistance Letter 2022-02, an interim financial and organizational conflicts interest policy for grant awardees.
This policy establishes standards for a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct and reporting of projects wholly or in part funded under DOE financial assistance awards (e.g. a grant, cooperative agreement or technology investment agreement) will be free from bias resulting from financial conflicts of interest or organizational conflicts of interest.
Senior or Key Personnel who are currently supporting or planning to participate in projects funded by DOE are required to disclose the investigator’s significant financial interests (and those of the Investigator’s spouse and dependent children) to CU Boulder’s Conflicts of Interest & Commitment (COIC) Office. Further, investigators working on a project funded by a DOE award are required to update the disclosures at least annually during the period of the award and also within thirty days of discovering or acquiring (e.g. through purchase, marriage or inheritance) a new significant financial interest. Disclosures should be made through the Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) form.
In addition, the DOE interim policy requires Investigator to complete COI training prior to engaging in projects related to any DOE financial assistance award and at least every four years. Watching the training video required for DEPA submission meets this requirement. Training videos are also available on our website.
If you have any questions, please contact the COIC Office at coi@colorado.edu or 303-492-3024.