[3-28] Significant financial interest (SFI)


An interest in an external entity that reasonably appears to be related to each investigator’s institutional responsibilities and is:

  • With a public traded entity, the aggregate value of any salaries or other payments for services received during the 12-month period preceding disclosure, and the value of any equity interest during the 12-month period preceding disclosure, exceeds $5,000; or
  • With a non-public traded entity, the aggregate value of salaries or other payments for services received during the 12-month period preceding disclosure exceeds $5,000; or
  • With a non-publicly traded company, an equity interest of any value during the 12-month period preceding the date of disclosure; or
  • Income related to intellectual property rights and interests not reimbursed through WSU.

Found in the following Policies:

An interest in an external entity that reasonably appears to be related to each investigator’s institutional responsibilities and is:

  • With a public traded entity, the aggregate value of any salaries or other payments for services received during the 12-month period preceding disclosure, and the value of any equity interest during the 12-month period preceding disclosure, exceeds $5,000; or
  • With a non-public traded entity, the aggregate value of salaries or other payments for services received during the 12-month period preceding disclosure exceeds $5,000; or
  • With a non-publicly traded company, an equity interest of any value during the 12-month period preceding the date of disclosure; or
  • Income related to intellectual property rights and interests not reimbursed through WSU.

Duplicate Definitions: