Compliance Requirements
Does your project involve Human Subjects?
Does your project involve Animal Subjects?
Do you need to complete an Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Questionnaire?
Does your project require a biohazardous use authorization?
Are you required to complete a Statement of Financial Interests?
PHS Statement of Financial Interest Forms for Principal Investigators and Key Personnel
NSF Statement of Financial Interest Forms for Principal Investigators and Key Personnel
Are you required to complete a Statement of Economic Interests?
Does your project include an Export Controlled item?
Does your project require Responsible Conduct of Research Training?
Additional Questions?
Quick link forms
Does your project involve Human Subjects?
SDSU’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) ensures the protection of the rights and welfare of all human participants and provides professional guidance and administrative support to researchers.
For human subjects information please contact the SDSU IRB to:
- Apply for IRB Approval
- General questions regarding human subjects
Does your project involve Animal Subjects?
The SDSU IACUC is a committee of the University Research Council. Its members include the attending veterinarian, scientists, and community representatives. IACUC ensures that all research, testing and educational instruction involving animals is conducted in a humane manner using the fewest number of animals possible to obtain valid results.
For animal subjects information please contact the SDSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to:
- Apply for IACUC Approval
- Modify or Renew existing protocol
- Looking for animal use alternatives
- General questions regarding animal subjects
Do you need to complete an Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Questionnaire?
SDSU’s Environmental Health and Safety develops and maintains programs aimed at protecting the safety and well-being of the campus community, ensuring compliance with local, state and federal statutes and regulations pertaining to health, safety and environmental protection.
The EH&S Questionnaire must be completed if your project involves any of the following regulated materials:
- DEA Controlled Substances and Listed Chemicals
- Biological Hazards
- Chemical Hazards
- Ionizing Radiation
- Diving
Does your project require a biohazardous use authorization?
If you are using biohazardous materials or conducting experiments involving recombinant DNA in your laboratory, you must obtain approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). To start the process, you must complete a Biological Use Authorization (BUA) Form.
For more information specific to the Institutional Biosafety Committee, contact SDSU’s Division of Research Affairs at (619) 594-0905 or ibc@mail.sdsu.edu.
Are you required to complete a Statement of Financial Interests?
Statements of Financial Interests are required if you are receiving direct or pass-through funding from Public Health Service (PHS), PHS-related organizations, or the National Science Foundation (NSF).
For more information, please review SDSU’s Conflict of Interest Policy for PHS funded research (Word Format, 45.1KB)*.
PHS Statement of Financial Interest Forms for Principal Investigators and Key Personnel:
PHS Financial Interest Form for Principal Investigators (PDF Format, 684KB)*.
PHS Financial Interest Form for Other Key Personnel (PDF Format, 560KB)*.
PHS Financial Interest Form Addendum (PDF Format, 1.8MB)*.
NSF Statement of Financial Interest Forms for Principal Investigators and Key Personnel:
NSF Financial Interest Form for Principal Investigators (PDF Format, 613KB)*.
NSF Financial Interest Form for Other Key Personnel (PDF Format, 564KB)*.
NSF Financial Interest Form Addendum (PDF Format, 982KB)*.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a PHS-related organization. If your award is funded by the NIH, all principal investigators and key personnel are required to complete an online conflict of interest training/tutorial. If you have any questions regarding this training, contact Ashley Rubio.
All forms and information regarding the Statements of Financial Interest can be found on the SDSU Division of Research Affairs Conflict of Interest in Research web page.
Once you have completed the required Statement of Financial Interest(s), please send it to your SDSURF Contracting and Compliance Analyst. See the SDSURF Directory (to find SRCC contacts).
Are you required to complete a Statement of Economic Interests?
Statements of Economic Interests are required if you are receiving direct funding from any non-exempt private sponsor.
Statement of Economic Interest (700-U) Form for Principal Investigators and Other Key Personnel (PDF Format, 150KB)*.
Statement of Economic Interest (700-U) Form Addendum (PDF Format, 982KB)*.
For additional information on the Statement of Economic Interest (700-U) Policy and for forms regarding the Statements of Economic Interest see the Statement of Economic Interest 7000U Policy. (Word Format, 27.6KB)*.
Does your project include an Export Controlled item?
Please contact SDSU’s Export Controls officer: zhovda@mail.sdsu.edu
https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/researchaffairs/exportcontrols.aspx?
Does your project require Responsible Conduct of Research Training?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) both have requirements for training in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).
For NIH, the requirements for such training apply to all of the following:
- NIH Institutional Research Training Grants
- Individual Fellowship Awards
- Career Development Awards (Institutional and Individual)
- Research Education Grants
- Dissertation Research Grants
Patents/Copyright/Intellectual Property
Security Classifications Link to contacts subpage FSO
Publication Restrictions (ask SMN – if want to summarize waiver?)
https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/researchaffairs/rcr.aspx
Additional Questions?
For additional questions regarding compliance requirements for your award contact your Contracting & Compliance Analyst. See the SDSURF Directory (to find SRCC contacts).
Quick link forms:
Financial Interest (PHS) PI (PDF Format, 684KB)*
Financial Interest (PHS) Other Personnel (PDF Format, 560KB)*
Financial Interest (NSF) PI (PDF Format, 1.8MB)*
Financial Interest (NSF) Other Personnel (PDF Format, 613KB)*
Addendum (PHS) (PDF Format, 564KB)*
Addendum (NSF) (PDF Format, 982KB)*
700-U (PDF Format, 150KB)*
700-U Addendum (PDF Format, 982KB)*
IRB Approval/Modification/Renewal
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