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DIRECTING AND MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN SPONSORED RESEARCH October 30-November 1, 2002 Jeanine Arden Ornt, Esq. General Counsel to the University of Rochester University of Rochester Rochester, New York PART TWO: Applicable Law and Governmental REgulations BACKGROUND The federal governmental funding agencies (HHS (PHS, NIH); NSF) have imposed upon applicants/grantees the responsibility to promote objectivity in research for which funding is sought. Following a Congressional Inquiry in the 1980’s, Congress mandated the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) to regulate financi