Key Policies

Conflict of Interest

Our strict conflict of interest policy requires that employees of our agency who are requesting funding must check a small box at the bottom of page eight indicating that they are in fact already employed by the same agency that has the ability to approve the research grant requested. This can not legally restrict your ability to receive such a grant, but MUST be disclosed at the time of application, otherwise your funds may be denied at a later date. Vendors, contractors, family and third-party providers are exempt from this conflict of interest requirement, and need not disclose any affiliation prior to submission, funding or acceptance of payment for due services rendered.

Report Abuse

Due to budgetary restrictions, we have no staffing for abuse oversight at this time. It was with regret that we had to cut this department, though it led to many embarrassments. It cost a tremendous amount of revenue to operate, which came under fire itself as wasteful (and it was), but also because of the high percentage of fraud and theft uncovered.

In its place we’ve formed an exploratory committee to weigh the possibility of looking into the expansion of initial qualification criteria initially. If you’d like to file a formal complaint, simply track down the original funding agency, type a letter of complaint to the attention of the finance officer of that organization (must be addressed accordingly, or it can not be processed), and send it via certified letter to the auditor for that division, and follow it up with a telephone call within no less than 14-days, but no more than 10-days.