{"id":228,"date":"2021-09-30T13:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:31:31","slug":"coi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/coi\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflicts of Interest (COI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submit a Disclosure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Covered Individuals should disclose their financial interests and external professional activities through the Conflict of Interest \/ Conflict of Commitment (COI\/COC) module in the Research Enterprise Data (RED) system.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"http:\/\/era.ncsu.edu\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n         target=\"_blank\"          rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"       >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Log in to RED (Unity ID Required)<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Disclosure obligations<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/coi\/coi-procedures-and-guidance\/\"\n  >\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\"><strong>Financial Interest Disclosure<\/strong><\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Annual Financial Interest disclosure related to University Employment Responsibilities is required by all Faculty, Exempt Professional Staff (EPS), and any individual, regardless of employment type or status, serving as Senior\/Key Personnel responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research at NC State.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon 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