{"id":4421,"date":"2026-07-11T19:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=4421"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:14:15","slug":"compliance-considerations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/compliance-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Compliance considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4880\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4880<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:NAU-OSP@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> NAU-OSP&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Compliance considerations<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compliance requirements should be addressed early in the proposal development process to help prevent delays and ensure sponsored projects meet university, sponsor, and federal requirements. Review the following resources to complete applicable disclosures, identify potential conflicts or prohibited activities, and evaluate organizations participating as subrecipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significant financial interest disclosure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators participating in sponsored research may be required to disclose significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities. Review the disclosure requirements and complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/compliance-considerations\/significant-financial-interest-sfi-disclosure-form\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4482\">Significant Financial Interest Disclosure form<\/a> when applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foreign talent recruitment program disclosure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals involved in sponsored projects must disclose participation in foreign talent recruitment programs and identify activities that may require additional review. Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/compliance-considerations\/foreign-talent-recruitment-program-disclosure-form\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4259\">disclosure form<\/a> to provide the information needed to evaluate potential compliance concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subrecipient requirements and risk analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a proposal includes a subrecipient, it is important to determine that the organization is appropriately classified, meets sponsor and university requirements, and can responsibly manage sponsored project funds. Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/compliance-considerations\/subrecipients\/\">subrecipient requirements<\/a>, complete the required documentation, and use the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/compliance-considerations\/subrecipients\/subrecipient-risk-analysis-tool\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4494\">subrecipient risk analysis tool<\/a> to evaluate financial, administrative, and compliance risk before submitting the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":4642,"parent":3365,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4421","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4421"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4421\/revisions\/5220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}