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Investigators must submit a disclosure of financial interests other than those included on an external activity request. The CIRB uses this information to maintain Investigators' financial interests profiles in IRAP.

New Investigators - Investigators that are new to UAB or new to their role in research must complete a Disclosure of Financial Interest prior to undertaking any research, even if there are no financial interests to report.

If no interests are disclosed, no further information is necessary unless something changes. If something does change, Investigators have 30 days to disclose the new financial interest.

If interests are disclosed at that time, Investigators must submit another Disclosure of Financial Interests within 30 days of acquiring a new interest or experiencing a change in an interest previously disclosed or annually to re-certify that the disclosed interests are still current.

Current Investigators - All current UAB Investigators currently participating in ongoing research should have already submitted an initial financial interest disclosure. If not, please refer to the above. Otherwise, all current UAB Investigators must submit a Disclosure of Financial Interest within 30 days of acquiring a new interest or experiencing a change in an interest previously disclosed or annually to re-certify that the disclosed interests are still current.

Disclosure of Financial Interests submission instructions for current UAB Faculty/Staff: (All other individuals, please look out for an email from the Office of the CIRB with a paper form and instructions, or contact the Office of the CIRB at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

  • To complete a Disclosure of Financial Interest, visit Administrative Systems and choose "UAB Forms."
  • Login using your Blazer ID and password. (PLEASE NOTE: Access to UAB Forms is only allowed via on-campus network or with UABSecureAccess VPN connection. Please visit uab.edu/vpn for information about VPN connections.)
  • Click on "Conflict of Interest and Commitment Forms Suite," and the form will open.
  • Select the appropriate answer for "My Employment Classification Is."
  • Please answer "Yes" to "Are you an Investigator or an Institutional Official?" (Anyone listed on the OSP project or IRB protocol is an Investigator.)
  • Please select Disclosure of Financial Interest [NEW FOR 2022! COMPLETE YOUR ANNUAL REQUIREMENT HERE] (3rd selection), then click Next.
  • The General Information Page should already contain your information. Click next.
  • Please answer the remaining questions and click "submit."

The "Foreign entities" portion of the form is an expansion for UAB Compliance purposes. Inquiries arising from this section of the Disclosure of Interests form should be sent to UAB Compliance.