{"id":12352,"date":"2025-01-21T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/?page_id=12352"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:18:33","slug":"gifts-honoraria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/compliance\/research-security\/gifts-honoraria\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts, Honoraria, and Travel Support"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":3082,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-12352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-15","title":"","content":"Gifts or other forms of financial support can raise research security risks if there are any expectations that the donor will receive something in return for the gift. Gifts and other forms of financial support also have specific reporting and disclosure requirements, depending on whether an individual researcher or the University receives the gift.","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"","classes":"","title":"

Gifts, honoraria, and travel support to individuals<\/h2>","description":"The rules regarding disclosure of individual gifts, honoraria, and travel support received by researchers can be complex. Different disclosure requirements apply between the University and federal research agencies. The following is a summary of key reporting requirements.\r\n\r\nGenerally, University researcher\u2019s must disclose gifts, honoraria, and travel support to the University<\/strong> in accordance with the University\u2019s Faculty Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy<\/a> and applicable reporting forms.\r\n\r\nDisclosure to federal research agencies depends on the specific disclosure rules of the funding agency; however, some general reporting rules apply.","background":"decorative","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_blank","expand":"yes","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"title","sub_heading":"Gifts to an individual"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"University requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Under the University\u2019s Faculty Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy<\/a> and applicable reporting forms, receipt of payment or anything else of value from a foreign source, regardless of dollar value, must be disclosed. This includes gifts provided by a foreign source.\r\n\r\nResearchers also have responsibilities under the University Code of Conduct<\/a> and the URMC Industry Interactions Policy<\/a> with respect to receipt of gifts.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Federal agency requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Federal agencies generally do not require that researchers disclose unrestricted gifts. To meet the definition of a gift under federal agency requirements<\/a>, the item or service provided to the researcher must be given without expectation of anything in return.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","sub_heading":"Travel support"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"University requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Under the University\u2019s Faculty Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy<\/a>, researchers funded through any unit of the Public Health Service (including NIH) or the Department of Energy must disclose any reimbursed or sponsored travel that is related to their institutional responsibilities. Exceptions to this disclosure requirement include travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by the University, Federal, state or local governmental agencies, U.S. institutions of higher education, research institutes affiliated with institutions of higher education, and academic teaching hospitals and medical centers.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Federal agency requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Travel support paid by a foreign source may require disclosure to federal agencies as Current and Pending (Other) Support. If a University researcher receives travel support from an external entity to perform research activities<\/strong>, that travel support should be disclosed as Current and Pending (Other) Support to federal agencies. Conversely, if an external entity provides travel support to a University researcher to attend a conference or workshop (and not to perform research activities), that support does not require disclosure as Current and Pending (Other) Support to federal agencies.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","sub_heading":"Honoraria"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"University requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Honoraria received from a foreign source must be disclosed under the University\u2019s Faculty Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy<\/a> and applicable reporting forms.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Federal Agency Requirements","icon":"","row_content":"Honoraria or other payments given to a University researcher for the purpose of conferring distinction or to symbolize respect, esteem, or admiration<\/em> are not required to be disclosed<\/strong> to federal agencies.\r\n\r\nHowever, if the \u201chonoraria\u201d is provided in connection with research activities<\/em>, such as research oversight, supervision, or co-authorship, it must be disclosed<\/strong> as Current and Pending (Other) Support.","accordion_anchor":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

Gifts to the University<\/h2>","content":"If a University researcher receives or is presented with a potential University gift in connection with their research, this should be reported to University Advancement to ensure proper handling, additional review by the relevant Dean\u2019s Office, and reporting. Depending on the circumstances, the potential gift should be reviewed by the University\u2019s Research Security Officer before it is finalized.\r\n\r\nIf a \u201cgift\u201d to the University is intended to support an employee\u2019s research activities and is not fully unrestricted, the researcher may have reporting requirements to applicable research sponsors. For example, when financial support is presented as a \u201cgift\u201d but there are expectations that the donor will receive something valuable in return (such as specific research activities or research deliverables), then the \u201cgift\u201d to the University should be disclosed by the researcher as Current and Pending (Other) Support to federal agencies. This financial support would not be considered a \u201cgift\u201d and instead should be characterized as sponsored research, as discussed in the Guidelines on Gifts from Corporations<\/a>. As described in those guidelines, donors are not entitled to research deliverables, early access to findings, or pre-publication review.\r\n\r\nReview additional guidance on Current and Pending (Other) Support<\/a>, including the compilation of agency specific requirements<\/a>. 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