The “Financial Conflict of Interest on Federal Grants Policy” was designed to establish objective standards that provide a reasonable assurance that the design, conduct, and reporting of research funded by federal grants or cooperative agreements will be free from bias resulting from investigator financial conflicts of interest. The policy applies to all faculty and staff involved in federally funded research at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSM) - Springfield. Federal requirements mandate that all contributors must disclose any potential financial conflict of interest