For each application for PHS funding (including contract proposals), except SBIR Program Phase I applications, RFMH is required to certify that:

• it has an up–to-date, written and enforced administrative process to identify and manage financial conflicts of interest with respect to  all research projects for which PHS funding is sought or received,
• it promotes and enforces Investigator compliance with the PHS regulations
• it will manage financial conflicts of interest and provide initial and ongoing FCOI reports to the PHS Awarding Component ,
• it agrees to make information available, promptly on request, to the HHS relating to any Investigator disclosure of Financial Interests and RFMH’s review of and response to the disclosure regardless of whether the disclosure resulted in a determination of Financial Conflict of Interest, and
• it will fully comply with 42 CFR 50 Subpart F and/or 45 CFR Part 94, as applicable.