fCOI: Glossary of Terms

Include the following:

• For a domestic or foreign publicly traded external entity, an SFI exists if the sum of (a) the total value of any remuneration received by the Project Personnel and their family from the external entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure or anticipated in the twelve months following the disclosure and (b) the value of any equity interest in the external entity as of the date of disclosure exceeds $5,000. Remuneration includes salary and any payment for services not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship). Paid equity interest includes any stock, stock option, or other ownership interest, as determined through reference to public prices or other reasonable measures of fair market value.
• For a domestic or foreign non-publicly traded external entity, an SFI exists if the value of any remuneration received by the Project Personnel and their family from the external entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure or anticipated in the twelve months following the disclosure either, (a) exceeds $5,000, or (b) when the Project Personnel and/or their family holds any equity interest (e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest) regardless of its value.
• Project Personnel and/or their Family received income in the twelve months preceding the disclosure or anticipates receiving income in the twelve months following the disclosure related to intellectual property rights and interests (e.g., patents, patent applications, copyrights).    
• Project Personnel (and not their family) held a management position, such as a director, officer, partner, president, vice-president, or trustee, in any external entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure, or anticipates holding a management position in the twelve months following the disclosure.
• Project Personnel  participated in, or receives support from, a Foreign Talent Recruitment Program, in the twelve months preceding the disclosure or anticipates doing so in the twelve months following the disclosure.
• For PHS and Department of Energy (DOE) funded personnel only: any travel that is reimbursed, paid, or otherwise sponsored on the Project Personnel’s (and not their Family’s) behalf, related to the individual’s Lehigh responsibilities that is not otherwise disclosed in current and pending or other support disclosures.
  • This excludes any travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by Lehigh University; a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency; a U.S. non-profit institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an institution of higher education in the U.S.   

• Salaries, royalties, or other remuneration paid by Lehigh to an individual, including intellectual property rights assigned to the institution and agreements to share in royalties related to such rights.
• Income from investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and retirement accounts, as long as the individual does not directly control the investment decisions made in these vehicles.
• Income from seminars, lectures, or teaching engagements sponsored by, or income from service on advisory committees or review panels for a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency; a non-profit U.S. institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a); an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with a non-profit U.S. institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a).

• Programs funded by a sponsor through a grant, contract, or agreement with the university, including but not limited to research, education, testing, outreach, etc.; and
• Programs funded through Lehigh University’s internal grant programs administered through the office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, herein referred to as “VPR”.