UWM requires that all researchers who engage in sponsored projects comply with federal law, university policies, and sponsoring agency requirements regarding the disclosure of information through outside activity reports, biographical sketches, and current/pending other support documents. UWM places the onus on the researcher to provide current, accurate, and complete information.
Federal Disclosure
There is current interest in the federal government on undue foreign influence on the U.S. research enterprise. Federal sponsors have emphasized that appropriate disclosures of foreign support and activities must be made as part of other support, current and pending activities documents.
Federal sponsoring agencies request information on other support as part of the proposal process, often prior to the issuance of an award, or as part of the annual progress report process. Sponsors use the information to ensure that scientific, budgetary, or commitment overlap do not occur.
Federal Disclosure Resources
- UWM Disclosure of Other Support Policy (PDF)
- National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33)
- National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSMP-33) Implementation Guidance (PDF)
- NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance: Pre- and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support (PDF)
- Disclosure of Funding Sources in Applications for Federal Research and Development Awards (24 USC 6605 SEC. 223) (PDF)
Institutional Disclosure
UWM Research Conflict of Interest Guidelines require disclosure of foreign support, foreign activities, and involvement with any foreign talent recruitment programs as part of UWM’s Outside Activity Reporting process.
Investigators engaging in, or proposing to engage in, research or other sponsored programs are required to report outside activities that reasonably appear to be related to the Investigator’s institutional responsibilities. These interests are to be reported annually on the Investigator’s Outside Activities Reports or within 30 days of acquiring or discovering a new Outside Activity.