{"id":111993,"date":"2026-11-09T15:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=111993"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:27:06","slug":"three-new-or-revised-policies-take-effect-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/three-new-or-revised-policies-take-effect-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new or revised policies take effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nov. 9, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University has revised the <em>Policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in Research<\/em> (01.010.3) and the <em>Policy on Conflict of Commitment in Research<\/em> (01.018.2); and approved a new <em>Policy on Naming<\/em> (01.115.1). All three policies have an effective date of Nov. 6, 2026.<br>\u00a0<br><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/policies\/find\/?_sf_s=financial%20conflict%20interest%20research\">Policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in Research<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br>The purpose of this revised policy is to meet the requirements of federal regulations and policies regarding financial conflict of interest in research, and to ensure that the University and its employees participating in research activities conduct themselves in accordance with relevant federal regulations and policies.<br>\u00a0<br><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/policies\/find\/?_sf_s=conflict%20commitment%20research\">Policy on Conflict of Commitment in Research<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br>The purpose of this revised policy is to aid investigators in avoiding (or, if it\u2019s determined to be possible, managing) conflicts of commitment in research, and to meet the requirements of applicable federal regulations and policies.<br>\u00a0<br><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/policies\/find\/?_sf_s=policy%20on%20naming\">Policy on Naming<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br>This new policy is intended to provide a transparent, consistent, and accountable framework for the naming and renaming of University of Rhode Island physical facilities, programs, named endowments, or other University assets, in recognition of individuals and\/or entities whose association or philanthropy advances URI\u2019s mission and aligns with the University\u2019s values.<br>\u00a0<br><strong><em>All University Administrative Policies can be found at: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/policies\/\"><strong><em>uri.edu\/policies\/<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 9, 2026 The University has revised the Policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in Research (01.010.3) and the Policy on Conflict of Commitment in Research (01.018.2); and approved a new Policy on Naming (01.115.1). All three policies have an effective date of Nov. 6, 2026.\u00a0Policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in ResearchThe purpose of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-111993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112068,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111993\/revisions\/112068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}