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MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM:
Conflict of InterestConflict of interest arises when a reviewer has a personal, professional or financial reason to provide other than an objective review of an application or a proposal. If personal or professional bias is acknowledged by a reviewer or determined to exist by review staff; the individual is required to recuse him/herself from the review.
A reviewer will be considered to have financial conflict of interest if he/she has received or could receive a direct financial benefit from an individual or organization in relation to the application under review.
Even the appearance of conflict of interest should be avoided.
A conflict of interest may occur indirectly if an application is submitted by a close relative or professional associate of a reviewer, or if the relative or associate has financial dealings with an applicant. Close relatives are considered to be parents, a spouse or domestic partner, or children. Professional associates include colleagues with whom the reviewer engages in research, as well as other colleagues, scientific mentors, or students with whom the reviewer has personally worked within the past two years. If a close relative or professional associate could receive a financial benefit as a result of a reviewer's recommendation, this financial benefit shall be treated as the reviewer's own.
A reviewer should not be from the same institution (or any of its branches) as the applicant, or have a "close relative" at that institution.