Senate Bill 25-26-14
| Bill ID: | 25-26-14 |
| Name: | Deactivation to the University of Maryland Procedures on Conflicts of Interest and Conflict of Commitment (II-3.10[B]) |
| Proposed: | 10/01/2025 |
| Sponsor: | Division of Research, Office of Research Transparency & Outreach |
| Proposal: | The University of Maryland Procedures on Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment (II-3.10[B]) (“the Procedures”) were developed and instituted in 2003 to support the University of Maryland Policy on Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment (II-3.10[A]) (“the COI/COC Policy”), which was instituted at the same time. When the COI/COC Policy was updated through the years, the COI/COC Procedures were updated as well. Since the Procedures are codified as a University Policy, modification of the Procedures must follow University policy approval pathways. In May 2025, the Office of the President and the Division of Research created and approved revisions to the COI/COC Policy, rendering the Procedures out of date. Instead of creating modifications to the Procedures, the Division of Research recommended to the Office of the President that the Procedures be deactivated as University policy and be replaced by the new Disclosure and Conflict Management Guidelines (“the Guidelines”), which will be overseen by the Conflict of Interest (COI) Committee with the support of the Disclosure Office in the Division of Research. Future revisions will be led by the COI Committee with broad oversight by the University’s Research Council, as needed, and the assistance of the Disclosure Office. On May 22, 2025, the President approved of the deactivation of the Procedures, and they were removed from the Consolidated USM and UMD Policies and Procedures website with a note explaining that they were deactivated and referring to the Disclosure and Conflict Management Guidelines instead. The Guidelines are active and can be found online at: <a href="https://research.umd.edu/resources/research-compliance/conflicts-interest-coi/coi-policies-and-procedures" target="_blank">https://research.umd.edu/resources/research-compliance/conflicts-interest-coi/coi-policies-and-procedures</a>. |
| Active? | Yes |
| Policy: | https://policies.umd.edu/faculty/university-of-maryland-procedures-on-conflict-of-interest-and-conflict-of-commitment |