Hi Holly, it's nice to hear from you. I asked my colleagues in the Conflict of Interest Program, and here's their response:
*We allow all under a conflict management plan that:* > > - *requires numerous disclosures of the individual's financial and business interests* - *r esearch oversight by the Associate Dean for Research* - *requires conflicted employee to identify all university personnel and resources involved in activities relating to the startup's IP* - *review, approval, and administration of any University external sale or research subcontract with the startup by an unconflicted University official (usually the Associate Dean for Research)* *Michele* On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Holly A. Kinkaid <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello: > > > > From a Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment perspective, how > does your university manage conflicts of interest and conflicts of > commitment where researchers, faculty and postdocs are involved in > university-funded (entirely or partially) startups (no Federal funding is > involved)? > > > > What are your university’s policies and procedures in regards to: > > > > · Holding Board seats on the new startup; > > · Serving as an officer of the company; > > · Ownership of Intellectual Property; > > · Ownership/Equity Interest; > > · Utilizing university resources when the university resources are > unique to the state/region. > > > > Your feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you. > > > > > > Holly A. Kinkaid > > Policy Advisor, University Policy Office > > King Abdullah University of Science and Technology > > Administration Building, Room 4710 > > T: +966 (12) 808-3131 <+966%2012%20808%203131> > > www.kaust.edu.sa > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > This message and its contents including attachments are intended solely > for the original recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or have > received this message in error, please notify me immediately and delete > this message from your computer system. Any unauthorized use or > distribution is prohibited. Please consider the environment before printing > this email. > > *Replying to Messages:* Replying (using Reply) to an ACUPA-L e-mail will > distribute your message to the *ENTIRE list of members*. To send a > message privately, reply directly to the individual who sent the message > (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). > > *To Unsubscribe or for questions about the ACUPA e-list,* Contact Joshua > Adams at j <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> > [email protected] > <[email protected]?subject=Question%20About%20the%20ACUPA%20E-list> or > 607-255-6837 <(607)%20255-6837>. > > -- Michele Gross, Director Policy Program University of Minnesota 356-1 McNamara, 200 Oak street Minneapolis, MN 55454 612-624-8081 http://policy.umn.edu/
