What types of "reimbursed or sponsored travel" must be disclosed in my Annual COI Disclosure?

Public Health Service (PHS) regulations require disclosure of travel paid by:

• External professional organizations and societies;
• academic journals and publishing companies, and
• ANY travel reimbursed or sponsored by a foreign institution of higher education or the government of another country.

The following types of travel are excluded from PHS's disclosure requirement:

• Travel reimbursed or sponsored by US government agencies, including:
  • Federal agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF, CDC, FDA, DoD, DoE)
  • US state or local government agencies
  • US institutions of higher education
  • US academic teaching hospitals
  • US medical centers
  • US research institutes affiliated with institutions of higher education
• Travel that is not related to an investigator's institutional responsibilities