Department of Energy Conflict of Interest Policy

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:12:52 +0000

Department of Energy Conflict of Interest Policy Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 06/17/2022 - 14:12

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued Financial Assistance Letter (FAL) 2022-02, an interim financial and organizational conflicts interest policy for grant awardees, and Financial Assistance Letter (FAL) 2022-04, current and pending support disclosure requirements. The new policy and requirements establish standards for a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of projects funded wholly or in part under DOE financial assistance awards (e.g., grant, cooperative agreement, or technology investment agreements) will be free from bias resulting from financial conflicts of interest or organizational conflicts of interest.

Per these FALs, 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 �鶹ӰԺ’s Conflicts of Interest & Commitment (COIC) Office.
Update their disclosures at least annually during the period of award for projects funded by the DOE and also within thirty days of discovering or acquiring (e.g., through purchase, marriage, or inheritance) a new significant financial interest.
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. In addition, training videos are available on the Research & Innovation Office website.
Follow new requirements for current and pending documents in proposal submissions (see FAL 2022-04 and DOE funding opportunity announcements).
Update current and pending disclosures made to DOE according to award terms and conditions, including as part of reporting requirements.

Disclosures to CU �鶹ӰԺ’s COIC Office should be made through the Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) form.

If you have any questions regarding the DEPA, please contact CU �鶹ӰԺ’s COIC Office at coi@colorado.edu or 303-492-3024.

For questions related to proposal requirements, contact your OCG Proposal Analyst.

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DOE Requirements for Submitting Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:17:48 +0000

DOE Requirements for Submitting Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/29/2020 - 12:17

OCG received the following reminder from the Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the requirements for the submitting your manuscripts for journal articles:

Email received January 24, 2020 from Office of Scientific and Technical Information

In support of the DOE Public Access Plan, this message is to remind recipients of SC funded awards that it is a term and condition of the award to submit, to DOE, the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts for any published journal articles based on work supported by your award. Submissions are to be made to the DOE corporate E-Link system (https://www.osti.gov/elink/) and it is expected that recipients will submit final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts as soon as they are accepted for publication, but no later than one-year after the date the journal article is published online, and before closeout After the one-year period, final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts will be made available through DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV. Details describing this requirement can be found here.

Instructions to submit final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts are included in the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist and Instructions (DOE F 4600.2) and the award provision entitled, “Reporting Requirements”. A video demonstrating the process is also available.

When publishing work that is supported by your award, it is important to remember to acknowledge DOE and the award appropriately. Requirements for acknowledgement of federal support can be found here.

Also, for journal articles listed in your Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), please see instructions provided under “B. Scientific/Technical Reporting” of the DOE F 4600.2 for submission of final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts to ensure the journal articles reported are in compliance with the requirements for public access.

For questions regarding announcement and submission of your final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts, please contact elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov.

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