All WCM faculty and staff are required to complete the Conflicts Survey. The Conflicts Survey is required at a minimum once annually; however, should any financial interests change or external activity be initiated over the course of the year, an update to the Conflicts Survey is required within thirty (30) days.
For those who have no interests to disclose, the submission of the Conflicts Survey is required as a certification of such. If you have financial interests to disclose you will be required to answer the primary questions plus an additional set of questions for each entity with which you have a relationship. For example, if you have financial interests in three (3) different entities, you will be required to answer the additional set of questions for each of those entities.
To complete a Conflicts Survey:
- Log into WRG (https://wrg.weill.cornell.edu) with your CWID and password.
- Once in WRG, click on the Conflicts of Interest tab to the right of your screen.
- Click on the Create/Update Disclosure button.
- Complete the form with the required information.
- IMPORTANT: Be sure to click the checkbox at the bottom of the page to the left of "I certify…" to attest to your disclosures.
- After the page refreshes, click the Submit button at the very bottom of the page. Once successfully submitted, you should receive a confirmation email.
If you do not receive confirmation or you encounter technical issues (i.e., trouble logging in, problems within the survey, or error messages), please contact wrg-support@med.cornell.edu.
Travel
Travel disclosures can be reported on your Conflicts Survey in Weill Research Gateway.
Travel for a U.S. Non-Profit Entity
Reimbursed travel expenses and other compensation greater than $5,000 per year in aggregate from a single U.S. non-profit entity need to be reported.
You only must report travel sponsored or reimbursed by a single U.S. non-profit entity if:
- The trip was more than $5,000,
- Multiple trips for that entity in aggregate exceed $5,000,
- You receive more than $5,000 for services from that entity, or
- A combination of trips and services in aggregate from a single entity exceeds $5,000.
You do not have to report travel reimbursed or paid for by Cornell University, nor travel paid by:
- a federal, state, or local government agency,
- a U.S. non-profit institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a),
- a U.S. academic teaching hospital, U.S. medical center, or
- a research institute that is affiliated with an institution of higher education.
There are additional rules for individuals applying for or funded by Public Health Services (PHS), which includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other non-profit agencies that chose to invoke PHS COI policy.
Sponsored travel means (a) travel expenses paid to an investigator or travel paid on an Investigator's behalf, by a single entity in any 12 month period and/or (b) travel reimbursed to or paid on behalf of an Investigator's spouse and dependent children by a single entity in any 12 month period.
Travel for a For-Profit Entity
All paid or reimbursed travel paid or reimbursed by "for-profit" entities must be disclosed within 30 days of completing travel.
If you need further explanation about the Conflicts Survey, please contact the Conflict of Interest Office at (646) 962-8200 or conflicts@med.cornell.edu.
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