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The revised COI/COC Policy was approved by the President on an interim basis on May 22, 2025, and again on October 1, 2025.
As a recipient of federal funding and sponsored projects, the University of Maryland is required to comply with all federal and state laws, federal regulations, funding agency requirements, and federal guidance. In order to maintain current funding and secure new funding, the University must revise its policies and practices to align with federal expectations. In response to the continuing changes at the federal level, the Division of Research began revising related University policies and implementation practices to ensure that the University is taking all necessary steps to be in compliance. As a result, the University of Maryland amended its University of Maryland Policy on Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment (II-3.10[A]) (“the COI/COC Policy”) to comply with new federal requirements for disclosures from researchers working on federally-funded research on February 4, 2021 to align with NSPM-33 and again on May 22, 2025 and October 1, 2025 to align with additional requirements from the federal government and implementation changes after NSPM-33’s initial issuance.
Because the landscape of sponsored research continues to evolve at the federal level, the Division of Research expects that additional amendments to the policy will be needed in the near future, as new funding agency policies and requirements continue to be issued. This is why the May 2025 revisions were needed, which resulted in the second interim version of the COI/COC Policy being approved, and implementation issues made a third interim version of the policy necessary in October 2025. The Division of Research requests that this policy remain as an interim policy and not be charged to a Senate committee or University council until the other funding agencies have finalized their policies and the landscape has settled on these matters. This will avoid the need for multiple iterations of the interim policy while a review by a committee or council is being conducted. |
