This requirement is mandated under the
2011 Public Health Service regulations (PDF) and is in addition to the requirements for submitting an annual PHSA conflict of interest declaration form.
The information here applies to NIH investigators at BC Cancer. If you are an NIH Investigator elsewhere at PHSA, you will be covered by the NIH process at your affiliated university:
UBC,
SFU or
UVic.
If you are an investigator on an NIH proposal or project at BC Cancer, you need to:
The BC Cancer Office of Research Facilitation (ORF) will not sign off on any NIH proposal until all list investigators have completed the items above.
Two online training tutorials must be completed by each NIH Investigator before engaging in NIH-funded research:
Training certificates need to be uploaded into the PHSA COI Declaration form. Every four years, an automated email will be sent to you reminding you to renew your training.