ORS Summer Focus Sessions
The Office of Research Security will host Focus Sessions during the summer. Please join us to focus on fundamental key topics.
To register and join a Focus Session, use the link to RSVP for each session.
| Date | Time | Focus | Topic(s) | Who should attend? | Join |
| 6/17/25 (T) | 11:00am | Research Security Requirements at Proposal Submission | 1. Disclosure Requirements by Sponsor 2. Other Support and Biosketch Reviews for COI 3. Certification Statements, including Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs | Investigators, key personnel, executive officers or supervisors, and staff that support research programs. | RSVP Closed |
| 6/25/25 (W) | 10:00am | Visual Compliance | 1. What is Visual Compliance? 2. When should it be used? 3. Who should use it? | HR, Business Managers, Research Administrators | RSVP |
| 6/30/25 (M) | 3:00pm | Conflict of Interest Disclosures | 1. Disclosure Guidance 2. Prior Approval for Outside Activities 3. Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs | Any person that submits a Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA) and/or Sponsor Specific Questionnaire. This includes academic staff, investigators, key personnel, contractors, consultants, as well as executive officers, supervisors, and staff that support disclosure reviews and/or review of research programs. | RSVP |
| 7/10/25 (Th) | 10:00am | Conflict of Interest Management and Monitoring | 1. Conflict Management Plans 2. Monitoring Conflict Management Plans 3. Reviewing Publications as a Monitoring Requirement of the Management Plan | Any person with a conflict management plan or who has responsibilities to review an individual with a management plan, including Unit Executive Officers, unit administrators that support and/or oversee the review and monitoring of management plans. | RSVP |
| 7/22/25 (T) | 11:00am | Research Security Requirements at Proposal Submission (Part II) | 1. Transparency of Foreign Connections 2. Overview of Research Security Training | Investigators, key personnel, executive officers or supervisors, and staff that support research programs. | RSVP |
If you are unable to attend a session and would like more information, please contact researchsecurity@illinois.edu.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
Office Hours
The COCI Office will be hosting regular office hours via Zoom for any questions about the RNUA or FCOI Checklist process, Conflict Management Plans, or any other topic that you would like to discuss.
During the summer, office hours will be held via Zoom every Thursday from 2pm-3pm.
Thursday 2pm-3pm Zoom details:
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85306162793?pwd=YbxiIhJb0x20dQzkya9UwuNBcaxhZN.1
Meeting ID: 853 0616 2793
Password: 731115
If you would like to reserve a specific date for office hours, please complete a registration form at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1607041697.
If you have any questions, reach out to us any time at coi@illinois.edu