Just when you thought you were getting a handle on National Institutes of Health’s new FCOI policy… The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting comment on their proposal to carry out a survey to better understand how NSF grantees identify, oversee, and manage financial conflicts of interest in research funded by NSF. NSF posted the second notice of a 30 day comment period seeking input on their planned survey, specifically on the necessity, accuracy of their burden estimate, ways to enhance the survey’s quality , or ways to minimize the burden on respondents.
