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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">ALVSCE Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Please see the following message from Taren Ellis Lanford, Senior Director of the Office of Responsible Outside Interests (OROI). This message pertains to increased
scrutiny pertaining conflicts of interest and commitment, and also to research program security, particularly with respect to international activities, much of which derives from the federal Chips and Science Act of 2024. Please note that my office and the
OROI are your UA-based resources for conflict related questions and concerns, and that you should turn to us before reaching out to program officers at funding agencies and other outside entities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Please see this notice from University Initiatives & Policy:
<a href="https://news.arizona.edu/uannounce/notice-required-edit-conflicts-interest-and-commitment-policy?utm_source=trellis&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=">
Notice of Required Edit to Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Policy</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span class="ui-provider">Please ask Investigators to contact the Office for Responsible Outside Interests (OROI) regarding any conflict related questions or inquiries and the Research
Security Program (RSP) regarding any research security or foreign affiliation questions or inquiries rather than directly contacting their research sponsor/program officer. This is beneficial and avoids a potential misunderstanding about conflict/risk concern(s).
The most common misunderstandings arise when an Investigator submits a COI statement or position to the sponsor, or an Investigator attempts to resolve a research security concern directly with the sponsor. OROI is the institutional resource for conflict matters
and RSP is the institutional resource for research security and foreign affiliation concerns. Coming directly to OROI (<a href="mailto:coi@arizona.edu">coi@arizona.edu</a>) and RSP (<a href="mailto:ResearchSecurity@arizona.edu">ResearchSecurity@arizona.edu</a>)
will minimize the risk of miscommunication and potential negative impact on funding. Thank you for helping us avoid misunderstandings with our sponsors.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C234B;mso-ligatures:none">Taren M. Ellis Langford, JD, CIPP/US</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Senior Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">Research Security Point of Contact</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#941100;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">Office for Responsible Outside Interests:
</span><a href="https://research.arizona.edu/OROI" title="https://research.arizona.edu/OROI"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#8B0015;mso-ligatures:none">research.arizona.edu/OROI</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">Research Security Program:
</span><a href="https://research.arizona.edu/compliance/research-security-program"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#941100;mso-ligatures:none">research.arizona.edu/RSP</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">Research, Innovation & Impact<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg., 546<br>
PO Box 210158B | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
Office: 520-626-6406 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#767676;mso-ligatures:none">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none">Direct</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#767171;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">520</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">-626-8266 <br>
</span><a href="mailto:tmellis@arizona.edu" title="mailto:tmellis@arizona.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">tmellis@arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">OROI Zoom Office Hours</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none"> 1<sup>st</sup> &
3<sup>rd</sup> Thursday, 2pm – 3pm: </span><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82109672972" title="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82109672972"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none">Connect via Zoom</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">Need disclosure help?</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#495057;mso-ligatures:none">
Contact: </span></i><a href="mailto:disclosurehelp@list.arizona.edu?subject=Question%20RE%20What%20I%20Need%20to%20Disclose" title="mailto:disclosurehelp@list.arizona.edu?subject=Question%20RE%20What%20I%20Need%20to%20Disclose"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none">COI
Disclosure Help</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">-----------------------------------<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Jon Chorover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Interim Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Professor, Department of Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, & Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Phone: (520) 626-5635<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Email: <a href="mailto:chorover@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0F4761">chorover@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">I am on ancestral lands of the
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0F4761">Tohono O'odham and
<span style="background:white">Pascua Yaqui</span>.</span></i><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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